240 held, sentenced to imprisonment for harassing women during Ganesh festival in Hyderabad

As many as 240 men have been arrested for misbehaving with women during the Ganesh festival in Hyderabad. These men were caught red-handed while harassing the women.

As many as 240 men have been held and sentenced to imprisonment for misbehaving with women during the ten-day celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi in Hyderabad.

These men were caught red-handed by the SHE teams, a division of Telangana Police, for enhanced safety and security of women.

The SHE teams were incognito in the crowd in civil dress with hidden cameras. They arrested men who tried to misbehave or deliberately touched women in the crowd.

The arrested men were produced before the Nampally Court with sufficient evidence in Hyderabad. They were slapped with a fine of Rs 250 and were sentenced to jail terms from two to 10 days.

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Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes & SIT, SHE Team & Bharosa), A.R. Srinivas said, "It is not easy to escape from the eyes of SHE teams no matter where the place is, no matter how huge the crowd is."

"It is your ignorance if you think your unethical acts of behaving indecently with women will not be caught by the hidden cameras of Hyderabad SHE teams. SHE teams ensure that the accused are punished by producing proper evidence before the courts," he added.