Hyderabad: Women police personnel are making the best out of adverse conditions at their police stations. The station house officers are taking initiatives to ensure that couples who approach the police seeking divorces, reach a compromise. The teams, comprising women staff including counselors, are largely successful.
The Central Zone women’s police station (WPS) at the Central Crime Station, registered 404 cases in 2014, 770 in 2015 and 89 this year. Compared to others, its jurisdiction is wider covering East and West zones.
Counselor R. Vasantha said that the registered cases were about 40 per cent of total complaints received. “Small differences lead to divorces. We are changing the attitude of parents in cases of love marriages. We are successful in reaching a compromise in as many as 60 per cent cases,” she said.
In North Zone, 205 cases were registered in 2014, 255 in 2015 and 69 this year. The staff here has about a 55 per cent success rate in ensuring wives and husbands reach a compromise.
Staff from South Zone police station has achieved a success rate of about 85 per cent this year thanks to efficient counselling. It was about 55 to 60 per cent in previous years. About 400 petitions were received since January 2016 of which only 47 cases were registered.
