VIJAYAWADA: Vasanta Kumar a youth from Vijayawada asks a girl in Telugu “Nenu rana, nuvvu vasthava which means in English (should I come or will you)? But within a few minutes Kumar is in for a shock. The woman isn’t the meek prey he hoped she was. Prasanna (name changed), an Armed Reserve Constable, is a member of the city’s Mahila Rakshak team and her cop groupies, who had positioned themselves discreetly a few yards away, were waiting for a distress signal to swoop down on the harasser. The six member Police team is armed with two spy cameras. One of 50 spread across Vijayawada lies low at public spaces to check eve-teasing. On January 26 the Mahila Rakshak team was formed along the lines of the She Teams in Hyderabad. The team has detained 87 eve-teasers, including 19 minors, letting them off only after a counselling session along with their families and a stern warning that a repeat would mean a case against them under the Nirbhaya Act, sources said. ]]>
