Andhra Pradesh’s CM Inaugurates State’s First Disha Police Station

Disha Police Station

Andhra Pradesh has got its first Disha Police Station. On Saturday, Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy inaugurated it in Rajamahendravaram city. The station will serve as a means to address heinous crime against women and children in AP. He also launched the Disha app to help women in distress and also showcased how one can use it to alert the nearest police station.

Disha Police Station

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister, Mekathoti Sucharitha, took to Twitter to laud the state’s efforts and wrote, “To all the little girls who are in Andhra, Live without fear. Our beloved CM @ysjagan Anna Pledges with his wonderful sight for woman safety with All his Might To Be Treated Right. He’ll bring you freedom of living in your own way.#YSJaganLaunchesDishaApp #DishaPoliceStation.”

To all the little girls who are in Andhra, Live without fear. Our beloved CM @ysjagan Anna Pledges with his wonderful sight for woman safety with All his Might To Be Treated Right. He’ll bring you freedom of living in your own way.#YSJaganLaunchesDishaApp #DishaPoliceStation pic.twitter.com/1NnphRuhe2

— Mekathoti Sucharitha (@SucharitaYSRCP) February 8, 2020

This station is first of the 18 police stations that are set to open up under the Disha Act which looks at the completion of an investigation of heinous crimes against women and children within seven days and trial in 14 working days. It also aims at reducing the total time for conviction in court to 21 days from the existing four months. The remaining stations will be set up by the end of this month. Each of these stations will be manned by a DSP rank officer and 26 to 47 police officers.

Last month, civil servants Dr Kritika Shukla and M Deepika have been appointed as Special Officers by the State government to implement the Disha Act, 2019. “Dr Kritika Shukla, presently the Director of Women Development and Child Welfare, has been given an additional charge as DISHA Special Officer. M Deepika, who is the Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration) of Kurnool, has been transferred and posted as DISHA Special Officer,” an official statement stated.

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