New Delhi: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Thursday told the states and Union Territories to create special police cells for dealing with sexual offences against women and children.
In a letter, Gandhi urged all Chief Ministers to make sure that investigations in such cases are completed “as per the timelines of law” for speedy justice to the victims and their families.
“A quick and timely professional investigation is the only method in which a potential offender can be deterred but this can be done only by the states as the police department is a state subject,” she wrote.
“Forming a special cell only for sexual offences or specially for sexual offences on children would be a significant step in this regard.”