UP Police starts a campaign to stop women from filing fictitious complaints
The “Jagriti” campaign has been started by the UP Police in response to the lady who has been deceiving law enforcement officers and filing fake complaints.
Anupam Kulshrestha, the assistant director general (ADG) for the Agra zone of the state, said that the “Jagriti” campaign aims to raise awareness about the problem and deter similar occurrences while also educating more women about the need to avoid such “tactics”.
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) will assist in running the initial part of this three-month program, which was initiated in seven districts of Agra (zone), including Hathras, Kasganj, Mathura, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, and Aligarh. In the second stage, the reaction (post drive) will be gathered.
It is intended to educate women, particularly those living in rural regions, about the need of not filing fictitious police reports for sexual harassment and rape and not making false accusations.
The Allahabad High Court ordered the CBI to look into claims made by a Prayagraj gang that was using the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to extort victims by fabricating rape cases and other crimes in August 2022.
At that time, the court had around 51 of these “dubious” matters on its docket.
The Allahabad High Court expressed worry earlier this year about fictitious rape cases that some women were filing in order to get financial help and then becoming combative during the court proceedings.
Soon after entering as the ADG Zone on August 19, Kulshrestha said, “We noticed a trend of false cases of rape and sexual harassment in a property dispute and family enmity, so we started working on this Jagriti campaign.”
The goal of the campaign, according to the officer, is to “awaken women and girls to not become decoys in such property and family disputes and make false allegations.” As a trial effort, the campaign is being launched with the possibility of being repeated in additional zones.
Deepak Kumar, the inspector general (IG) of police for the Agra area, clarified that another goal of the campaign is to make women aware that filing fictitious complaints might put them in legal hot water. “Fake case registration could even result in the complainant being imprisoned for a period of time ranging from six months to two years,” he said.
According to Kulshrestha, the goal assigned to the police, other government personnel, and counselors is to assist 12 lakh women and girls living in 13,500 blocks and villages spread across seven districts.
“While it’s not true that every instance of this kind is made up, there have been a number of situations in recent years when individuals have been wrongly accused of crimes against women. According to him, these situations need to be thoroughly investigated, and appropriate action need to be done,” the cops said.
