This New Year, Bangalore police to give women extra cover

BANGALORE: This New Year's eve, the city's women may be able to let their hair down and enjoy without fear, if police plans are anything to go by.
The city police, sensitized to the vulnerability of women, have decided to flood the city's roads with men and women in uniform on the night of December 31 to ensure that women are safe and secure during the revelry. The initiative follows nationwide alarm over increasing crimes against women.
Additional commissioner of police (law and order) T Suneel Kumar told TOI the emphasis is on women's security and police arrangements would be escalated. "We will not allow revellers to form groups. Women Home Guard personnel will monitor the streets and help women if they are in trouble," he said.