Bengaluru molestation: Centre asks states to expedite setting up Investigative Units on Crimes Against Women

In wake of recent incidents of molestation in Bengaluru, Centre has nudged the State governments – including Karnataka- to speed up setting up of dedicated units to probe crime against women, a project mooted by the Home Ministry in 2015 on 50:50 cost sharing basis. A recent analysis by the home ministry revealed that only 31 Investigative Units for Crime Against Women (IUCAWs) have been set up out of sanctioned 714. In a meeting with the State’s home secretaries, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sought to expedite the setting up of these units that will only investigate crimes against women including rape, molestation, dowry deaths and acid attacks.