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Bharosa a one-stop centre for women victims: Hyderabad top cop
City Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy said ‘Bharosa’ was the only support centre perhaps in the country that offered various services under one roof for women and child victims of violence.
Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy said ‘Bharosa’ was the only support centre perhaps in the country that offered various services under one roof for women and child victims of violence.
Speaking at a programme organised at the ‘Bharosa’ centre on the occasion of the completion of one year of its establishment, the city police chief said the centre was launched on May 7 last year amid apprehensions where it would lead to.
However, the centre had been able to deliver what was expected of it, thanks to the commitment of the partners and other States were now looking forward to adopt similar practices, he said.
Mahender Reddy said the services of Bharosa had been designed in such a way to give confidence not only to the victims but each woman in the city. All stakeholders had been involved in the process and media support in making the initiative a grand success had been very encouraging, he said.
Lauding the commitment of ‘Bharosa’ staff, experts and philanthropists, he said it would not have been possible to make it a success without their support. He also said the State government was committed for the safety of women and children.
Claiming that ‘Bharosa’ had turned out to be a centre of excellence, Mahender Reddy said programmes would be conducted to bring a change among the people so that the need for centres like Bharosa would not be felt.
Speaking on the occasion, Additional Commissioner of Police Swati Lakra said ‘Bharosa’ provided police, prosecution, media, legal and psychotherapeutic counselling and rehabilitation services under one roof.
As many as 1,931 victims approached ‘Bharosa’ with a range of problems since its inception. Of these, 1,432 were related to domestic violence, 162 were child sexual abuse cases, 51 were rape cases and 286 were miscellaneous cases, she said.
With an aim to prevent victims from hassles in the process of fighting for justice, ‘Bharosa’ had ensured that statements of the victims were recorded through video conferencing from Bharosa centre instead of going to courts.
In some cases, magistrates had come to ‘Bharosa’ centre to record the statements of victims, she said, adding that the cooperation from judicial officers had been excellent in bringing the victims back to normalcy.
She further said 15 victims had been rehabilitated with the help of partners in the noble cause and workshops had been conducted for the victims, their parents and alcoholic husbands. ‘Bharosa’ personnel had been trained to gain expertise and be empathetic to victims, she said.
Swati Lakra also said that ‘Bharosa’ was a unique initiative and officials and NGOs from various parts of the country and also from the UK, the US and Bangladesh visited the centre to learn from experiences and adopt similar practice at their end.
