India, June 20 -- New Delhi

Lieutenant governor (LG) Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday inaugurated Delhi's first women's police station at Subzi Mandi in north Delhi, to exclusively cater to complaints and cases pertaining to women and children. Officials said that the police station has subsumed the crime against women (CAW) cell of the Delhi Police.

A senior police officer said the station has started operations with a strength of 57 personnel, of ranks between constable and sub-inspector, and inspector Lakshmi Singh of the 2010 batch has been appointed station house officer (SHO). Nearly 60% of the personnel at the station are women, the officer said.

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