Women’s panel slams Mumbai police over rape death

NCW ticks off Maharashtra for delay in forming State Women’s Commission

A team of the National Commission for Women (NCW), which visited the relatives of the woman who died after being brutally raped in Mumbai’s Saki Naka area on Friday, criticised the Maharashtra government on Sunday for not having constituted the State Women’s Commission till date and not doing enough to ensure the safety of women in Maharashtra. NCW member Chandramukhi Devi hit out at Mumbai Police commissioner Hemant Nagrale's statement on the inability of the police to be present at every crime location. “The statement is extremely unfortunate. Police can't run away from their responsibility,” Ms. Chandramukhi said, adding that the State government ought to make serious efforts to improve the situation regarding the safety of women in the State.