Title - Panel chief calls for stricter laws to check crime against women

Karnataka State Women’s Commission chairperson C. Manjula has urged the State government to come out with stricter laws to curb crime against women.She was speaking after meeting the 19-year-old woman who was pushed out of the train at Maddur on Monday, at the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences here on Thursday. She urged the elected representatives to discuss the issue in the ongoing Assembly session.“The authorities should take steps to provide security to women who travel by trains between Mysore and Bangalore. I will discuss the issue with the Government Railway Police,” she said.Demanding that the Department of Women and Child Development provide medical help and counselling to the victim, she said the commission would request the authorities to provide food and shelter to her.Ashwath Narayan, MLC, and Padma Mohan, member, Mandya City Municipal Council, were present.

Protest held

Mysore Staff Correspondent writes:

Activists of the All-India Mahila Samskrutika Sanghatane and other women’s outfits staged a demonstration outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Thursday in protest against the recent incidents of molestation of women in the State.

They urged the State government to provide protection to women at their workplaces.

Activists of the Samata Vedike asked the Railways to introduce additional coaches for women in trains bound for Bangalore. “Thousands of women travel by train to Bangalore every day for work. They do not have any security. The government must take steps to put an end to the sexual assaults on women, particularly those in the unorganised sector,” the protesters said.