The Delhi police on Sunday shaped a number of groups to research camps that are allegedly gathering private particulars of girls. The transfer comes after Delhi Lt Governor V Okay Saxena ordered an inquiry towards non-public individuals allegedly gathering private particulars of girls within the title of enrolling them for Mahila Samman Yojana. LG ordered probe after receiving a grievance from Congress chief and occasion’s New Delhi Meeting seat candidate Sandeep Dikshit.
DCPs to oversee the investigation
As per the police official, senior officers will kind groups and DCPs will supervise the investigation. “There are 15 police districts in Delhi. We now have ordered senior officers to kind groups and examine your complete matter correctly. Groups will coordinate and work beneath the shut supervision of DCPs,” the senior police officer mentioned.
On December 25, Congress chief Sandeep Dikshit met LG and expressed considerations concerning information security in Mahila Samman Yojana registration. After this assembly, LG ordered the probe.
In a letter addressed to the chief secretary and police commissioner, LG’s principal secretary had mentioned, “Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor has desired the Chief Secretary to get an inquiry carried out via Divisional Commissioner within the matter of assortment of non-public particulars and varieties by non-government individuals.”
The letter additionally mentioned the police commissioner might direct the sphere officers to take motion as per regulation towards any individual discovered breaching the privateness of residents by gathering their private particulars within the title of enrolling them for “advantages”.
Mahila Samman Yojana
Mahila Samman Yojana was proposed within the funds of 2024-25, AAP had introduced to offer Rs 1,000 each month to girls registered beneath this scheme. Nevertheless, forward of Delhi election 2025, Arvind Kejriwal introduced to extend the quantity. He introduced that Rs 2,100 could be supplied to all grownup girls each month if his occasion returned to energy for a 3rd consecutive time period after the meeting elections, due in February.
The registrations are underway since December 23. AAP volunteers are registering girls beneath the scheme. Kejriwal mentioned the ladies had been totally supportive of the scheme and greater than 22 lakh had registered themselves to date.
(With PTI inputs)