On the much celebrated festival of Raksha Bandhan, Rajasthan women from throughout the state will be tying rakhis on the wrists of fearless policemen. For the very first time, such state wide rakhi celebration will be done where every cop will be attached with a new and most caring bond which will definitely motivate their powers of safeguarding the nation. Especially woman safety will get a new emotional aspect as policemen will have brotherly duty to perform as well.
State’s police headquarters has written to the Inspector General of Police stating “to ensure every policeman at the police station level should get a Rakhi tied on his wrist by women.”
Manoj Bhatt, the Director General of Police in Rajasthan, said “It will make them extra-sensitive towards women. It will develop a relation of policemen with the woman in a manner that whenever that woman would be in any kind of problem our men will put extra effort to ensure safety and security to them. This will also generate a sense of mutual respect among the women who will come and tie Rakhi to the policemen.”
Policemen will meet their new sisters through Women rights NGOs and CLG members as these organizations will bring girls and women to police stations for the function of Rakhi. Each police station has been directed by various SPs across the state to properly organize and celebrate Raksha Bandhan at every police station.
A senior police officer from State Police Headquarters said, “I think it is a good initiative and will develop a bonding between the police officers a common woman of a hamlet to a city.”
This move can be witnessed as an endeavor by the state’s police to revolutionize their image among women as crime against them is on the rise.
