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Anti-romeo squads to ‘protect women’ in Uttar Pradesh

Just days after becoming the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday formed anti-romeo squads in the state to…

Anti-romeo squads to ‘protect women’ in Uttar Pradesh

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Just days after becoming the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday formed anti-romeo squads in the state to ‘protect the honour of women’ as promised in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) manifesto.

The UP police have ordered to form ‘anti-romeo dals’ near colleges, malls and parks in a bid to curb eve-teasing and ensure safety of college girls.

"In a bid to check incidents of eve-teasing and passing of comments on women and girls, anti-Romeo dals will be constituted at the police station levels and action under the Goonda Act will be taken against wrongdoers," A Satish Ganesh, Inspector General (IG) of Lucknow Zone said.

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While campaigning in Uttar Pradesh for the state assembly elections, BJP president Amit Shah said the party would help in the crackdown of eve-teasing by forming anti-romeo squads if the party is voted to power.

"In Uttar Pradesh, every college would be provided with anti-Romeo squad. Our girls would be safeguarded. These anti-Romeo squads would allow girls to study without fear in college campuses," Amit Shah said in Meerut.

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