First all-women police station in Tripura

All district headquarters will get a station each later. The Government is expected to give its formal approval soon, Singh said. The state has over 150 women in its police force. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who holds the Home portfolio, told the just-concluded session of the state assembly that between January 1998 and March 1999, the state witnessed as many as 201 incidents of assaults on women and 103 rapes. Four hundred and six of the total 579 accused were arrested.

The number of rapes during the past four years was 424. Singh said special training would be imparted to women police personnel who would be posted in the all-women stations. All 44 police stations in the state are to be revamped and modernised under an ambitious scheme assisted by the Union Home Ministry. All stations will have their own intelligence officers and the special branch and intelligence bureau network will also be strengthened, a senior police official said.

Police personnel will be given sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK series rifles, faster vehicles, modern wireless sets and bullet proof jackets.