Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Habibur Rahman on Tuesday said that if a victim comes from a district outside Dhaka and seeks service from the Women's Support and Investigation Division (WSID), then she will also be given service.
Since its inception, the WSID has been providing services to helpless women and children. The activities of this division will not be limited only to Dhaka city, but also it has to work to help the women and children victims in other parts of the country, the DMP Commissioner said.
The DMP Commissioner made the remarks in a special exchange meeting with officers and forces of the WSID of the DMP in Tejgaon in the city on Tuesday.
DMP Commissioner urged the officers and forces of the Division to behave sensitively towards women and children. You have to serve with utmost sincerity.
He also asked the WSID to open a Research centre to prevent violence against women as well as to work in coordination with cyber units, NGOs and police stations.
After the discussion, the DMP Commissioner distributed gifts among working women under the initiative of the Women Support and Investigation Division.
Additional Commissioner of the DMP (Crime and Operations) Khandker Mahid Uddin, Joint Commissioner (Crime) Liton Kumar Saha, Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon Division) HM Azimul Haque and various levels of DMP officers and forces were present in the view exchange programme chaired by Deputy Commissioner (WSID) Humaira Parvin.
Women Support and Investigation Division is a groundbreaking initiative of DMP and Bangladesh Police to address the issues of rampant violence against Women and Children in Bangladesh. It started its Journey as a Victim Support Center on 17th February 2009 with the support of the Police Reform Programme and the collaboration of ten partner NGOs.
In July 2011, an investigation unit and quick response teams were established and started working under this division.
