Bengaluru police launch ‘child-friendly’ rooms at stations to create safe environment for kids
Bengaluru: In a citizen-centric move aimed at making police stations more approachable and inclusive, the Bengaluru City Police have launched child-friendly rooms at three police stations in the West Division as part of a pilot initiative. The goal is to create a safe, comforting environment for children who accompany their parents to police stations.
These rooms are designed not only to provide a safe and comfortable space for children, but also to create awareness about crimes against children and educate them and their parents about the safety and prevention, The Hindu quoted Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh as saying.
He emphasised that the project is designed to give special attention to vulnerable groups, including women, children, senior citizens, and persons with disabilities.
The child-friendly rooms have been established at the Vijayanagar, Magadi Road, and Govindarajanagar police stations. Each room is equipped with comfortable seating for women and children, a small play area with toys, educational cartoons, bookstands, newspapers for senior citizens, and colourful artwork.
Officials quoted by the news outlet noted that stations are also offering educational content on topics like good touch and bad touch, and awareness of crimes against children. The emphasis is on positive learning, basic etiquette, awareness, and visual engagement.
In addition to these child-friendly spaces, several police stations have been upgraded with improved waiting areas and wheelchair-accessible ramps. These upgrades have already been implemented at Kamakshipalya, Magadi Road, and Vijayanagar stations, depending on available space.
The pilot project is expected to expand to other police stations across the city in the coming months.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
