As many as 90 police stations in Mumbai city will soon get a trained 'Nirbhaya Squad' and a 'women's safety cell' as per a plan to beef up policing after the heinous rape, brutalization and murder of a 32-year-old woman in Sakinaka on September 10, police said. Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale issued orders to the effect on Tuesday and the Mobile-5 vehicle of all police stations shall be named 'Nirbhaya Squad' (Fearless Squad).

The 'Nirbhaya Squad' members will be given a specialised two-day training and the squad will conduct patrolling around the girls' hostels or orphanages, children's homes, and self-defence camps at schools, colleges plus install a Nirbhaya Box to take public complaints.

Immediately after the Sakinaka incident, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visited the state police headquarters and talked over safety steps for women with Director General Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey, besides having meetings with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil.

In addition, the Nirbhaya Squads will collect intelligence of harassment of women or children in their jurisdictions and prepare a list of sexual offenders of the past five years to track their movements. All police stations have been directed to make out vulnerable areas where women were targeted in the past and enhance patrolling, besides keeping watch on secluded or crowded places.

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