And many cases of sexual molestation and assault in india go unreported because of police apathy. Kolkata police has the task of policing the metropolitan.
Data from the united nations office on drugs and crime unodc shows that in 2013 indias ratio of 138 police personnel per lakh of population was the fifth lowest.
Police station images in india. The first indian advertisement to feature a lesbian couple has gone viral the times of india reports and its creators hope that it will have a positive influence on. Activists say harassment of rape victims by police is not uncommon. The kolkata police force kpf is one of the two presidency police forces of the indian state of west bengal.
But now even women police arent safe inside the stations. According to the victim the two accused raped her inside the police station at knife point. A clash between state and federal police shows up a crisis at the heart of indias federalism.
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state to enforce the law to protect the lives liberty and possessions of citizens and to prevent crime. Apart from maintaining law and order this police station in madhya pradeshs mandla district is performing an extra duty. Punjab police gives food to pakistani citizens stranded at attari railway station wins hearts.
The commissionerate police moved the state government to establish a new police station at bharatpur on the city outskirts.