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Striving for speedy justice for child abuse victims: cops
Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Radha Rani, on Saturday, appreciated the initiatives taken up by the city police for reducing child sexual abuse (CSA) in Hyderabad.
​Hyderabad: Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Radha Rani, on Saturday, appreciated the initiatives taken up by the city police for reducing child sexual abuse (CSA) in Hyderabad.
Addressing a workshop organised by the city police to bring convergence between different stake holders involved in fighting crime against children, Radha Rani said all the 58 magistrate courts in the city were using video conferencing mode provided by the city police for conducting the proceedings in cases related to child sexual abuse.
This kind of judicial proceedings were not happening anywhere in India and it became possible because of the proactive initiatives of the city police commissioner, she said.
Speaking on the occasion, city police commissioner, M Mahendar Reddy, said that they were working towards delivery of speedy justice to the victims in child abuse cases.
Additional Commissioner of Police, Swati Lakra, said that 152 cases were registered between May 2016 and March 2017 under the provisions of Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The victims were brought out of trauma through sustained professional counseling and were rehabilitated according to their needs, she said and urged all the police officers and public prosecutors to take it up as a challenge to ensure that justice was done in all the 152 cases.
Swati Lakra appealed to the law enforcement officers to view the cases with human touch and follow all the procedures stated in POCSO Act. Later, a booklet titled ‘Balala Rakshana – Polisulu’ (Protection of Children – Police), compiled by NGO, Tharuni, was released.
Designated child welfare police officers from 61 police stations in Hyderabad, public prosecutors, representatives of NGOs that run shelter homes for children, psychologists, psychiatrists, representatives of Rehabilitating institutions, district child protection officers and Bharosa staff took part in the workshop.
