Nagpur Police drops young woman stranded at railway station home, gets praise online

“She tried contacting her parents on phone, but couldn’t connect,” the official handle of the police said. The woman then dialled the police helpline 1091 and she was escorted home by police personnel. The police shared a photo of the woman with her family and a police constable.

19 yr old Manisha was safely escorted by us till her home last night at 2am. from the Railway Station.

She tried contacting her parents on phone, but couldn’t connect.

She then dialled 1091,
We helped her reach Home safely !#HomeDrop#NagpurPolice#AlwaysThere4U pic.twitter.com/pAsdUoFFyc

— Nagpur City Police (@NagpurPolice) December 5, 2019

Following the recent rape and murder of a 27-year-old in Hyderabad, the Nagpur Police launched their ‘night drop’ initiative to escort women home between the hours of 9 pm to 5 am. The Punjab Police also started a similar initiative in Ludhiana and Chandigarh. Ahmedabad Police declared that they started the initiative in March on the occasion of Women’s Day and arrange for a police vehicle to transport any woman stranded without transportation late in the night.

The tweet by the Nagpur Police garnered a lot of attention online, with many lauding the police. Many also tagged the police force in their own city requesting similar facilities. But there were also people who questioned how the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that women need to be escorted by the police.

This will help in building trust and increase in confidence to common public abt #Police .

GREAT INITIATIVE SIR @nagpurcp @rajmane_gajanan @JointCp @DGPMaharashtra

— Nitin Ambatkar (@NitinAmbatkar) December 5, 2019

Thank you @NagpurPolice! The women of India need role models like you.

— Nandita Bose (@nand_bo) December 5, 2019

#homedrop #alwaysforyou #nagpurpolice Kudos !! Safety first!! Your action speaks volume @NagpurPolice

— CA. Aditya Kothari (@CA_Aditya_NGP) December 5, 2019

A big shout out to all those officers who are sacrificing their sleep for us 😭🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨✨✨ I’m grateful for your support!!!

— Janvi Kataria (@kataria_janvi) December 5, 2019

Good to know she was escorted by a lady staff good work ……
This type of gestures make people to trust in country’s security systems

— Rutvij Bobade (@bobade_rutvij) December 5, 2019

@nashikpolice @SPNashikRural @NashikNews .
This is very appreciating efforts and great initiative from @NagpurPolice . @nashikpolice can this be materialized in Nasik as well?? https://t.co/ogzP0f1afI

— Manish Patil (@ManishP077) December 6, 2019

Good job Nagpur Police.. Hope others will also learn to take help from Police. 👏👏👏👌 https://t.co/4aArC5yrmK

— Kiran Nadiger (@imkirannadiger) December 6, 2019

This is how bad it is there. Damn… https://t.co/sghjl1maqH

— Khabir (@KhabirM) December 6, 2019

State police proposing free drop-home service to women travelling alone at night.

Why shd women always have the feeling of being at the mercy of society. I think it is high time to reverse the status quo.

How about mandating men to stay indoors at night (unless with a lady)?

— Aman (@Aman9B) December 6, 2019

All these are good initiatives by the respective police departments to drop off women at night, but is this not an illution to the society that, only such drop off facilities can protect the women in our country? Why not a women can feel safe at any point of the day?

— Sounak Poddar (@PoddarSounak) December 5, 2019

India is a country where people cant understand themselves not to rape and law is weaker than an earthworm. Not solving this issues, police have to pickup and drop ladies at night. This is not the right way towards development where our girls cant have their freedom.

— Mr.MOTOGRAPHER (@MrMOTOGRAPHER) December 4, 2019