Coffee with a cop – Hyderabad cops’ initiative for Muslim girls

By Srinath Vudali, The Times of Indian
Original article HERE

City police on Friday conducted a programme for Muslin women titled “Coffee with a Cop” for the benefit of women in Chaderghat to help them know about the various pro-women initiatives taken up police.

Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar while speaking to reporters after the event said that the purpose of the event was to create awareness among the girls about rights of women. “The women were explained about the ways to protect themselves against crime, how a woman should react during crisis situation, features of dial-100, features of various APPs of Telangana police which people can uses, SOS button, purpose of SHE Team and Bharosa,” Anjani Kumar said.

The event was attended by nearly 200 women, mostly college-going girls, and after police explained about the various initiatives of police, the students interacted with senior police officers by seeking explanation about various doubts they had. Police had coffee with the girl students as part of the event.

In another development, Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar on Thursday night took a surprise walk, reportedly from his Basheerbagh office till his residence in Amberpet, in his civil dress without his regular security protocol by walking on the main road. He also interacted with locals and personally observed the situation on the roads. The whole thing was captured in a camera and it is unsure who captured his movements and this development since Thursday night and Friday too became a talking point. In the video, which got circulated widely, a safari man was seen walking behind the commissioner. However, he maintained a reasonable distance from CP.