Delhi woman constable turned saviour to a 15 YO girl at metro station
A 15-year-old girl, spend a night at a metro station after she got separated from her friend while travelling in the Delhi Metro. The Delhi Police refused to take her custody as there was no female constable present. A woman constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) turned saviour by feeding her dinner and keeping the girl under her watch on September 25 night at Pitampura Metro station. “We conduct sweeping of stations after the train services are terminated. During the exercise, soon after midnight, the staff at Pitampura metro station saw a girl sitting alone at platform number 2. She was brought to the control room where she said that she was waiting for her male friend. We immediately called the police,” said a CISF officer, who is not authorised to speak to the media. “The Delhi Police requested us to keep the girl with a female constable of the CISF. We agreed and our constable was asked to sit in front of CCTV camera near the ladies frisking booth so that their movement can be monitored. In the morning, the girl was handed over to the police,” CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh said. DCP (Metro) Pankaj Singh confirmed the incident and said that on that particular night, a female staff was not present at Rithala police station, under whose jurisdiction Pitampura Metro station is located. Singh said police took her custody the following morning and produced her before the Child Welfare Committee. The CWC sent her to a children’s home till the next date of hearing. “We usually hand over the missing child to the family and if we are unable to find the family, we drop the child to the nearest shelter home,” said a Delhi Police officer, who did not wish to be named. -PTC News
