August 14 2012,
Press
Release
The Citizens
for Justice and Peace, Mumbai has made a contribution of Rs 51,000 to
the Commissioner of Police Welfare Fund towards the
injury suffered by police women and men on duty during last Saturday’s
(August
11, 2012) demonstration. The CJP while commending the restraint and
maturity
shown by top echelons of the Mumbai police and the repeated assurances
that no
innocents from any community would be booked, also appeals to other
organisations in the city to come forward with gestures of solidarity
and good
faith (we are enclosing a list of names of police officials injured). As
citizens who criticise the police when things go wrong, it is our
duty to also express vocal appreciation when a situation is controlled
effectively.
CJP along
with other women’s activists and organisations have also in a written complaint to
the National Commission for Women urged that an
investigation into allegations of mishandling and molestation of women police
officers be undertaken. Attached is a copy of the complaint sent to the
National Commission for Women today. Signatories to the complaint include Citizens
for Justice and Peace, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Awaaz-e-Niswaan,
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, Sabrang, IIWA (Iqra International Women's Alliance), WRAG (Women's Research and Action Group).
Teesta Setalvad,
Secretary & Trustee
