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Yogi’s ‘Anti-Romeo Squads’ A Success? Over 2,400 FIRs Lodged, Action Taken Against 4,300 In Two Years
Swarajya Staff
Jul 15, 2018, 04:58 PM | Updated 04:57 PM IST
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Launched just months after Yogi Adityanath took over as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the ‘anti-Romeo squads’ in the state have lodged 2,481 First Information Reports, took action was taken against 4,392 and warned over 15,69,00 persons, The Indian Express has reported.
The squads, which have the sleuths — both men and women — dressed in plain clothes, are tasked with keeping stalkers and eve-teasers at bay. These squads are deployed at public places like colleges, streets, shopping malls, markets, parks, bus stands, railway stations and even schools.
In the last two years, these squads have checked 12,616,18 public places. Over 2,400 persons were warned daily by these squads.
The Uttar Pradesh police have decided to give more teeth to these squads, the report says. Soon, the personnel who are part of these squads will have wardrobe-mounted cameras to make sure no one goes unpunished.
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