Only 7.28% women in country's police force: Govt data
According to latest government data, women constitute only 7.28% of the country's police force. This comes despite the government's repeated directions to all state governments and union territories to increase the strength of women police personnel to 33%. Interestingly, overall crimes against women rose from 3.29 lakh cases in 2015 to 3.38 lakh in 2016.