Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on women's safety: Highlights

New Delhi: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde addressed the media after his meeting with the Chief Secretaries and top cops of states to discuss a strategy to stop crimes against women. Below are the highlights of his speech:

• Police must take responsibility of protecting women, children
• Lack in training and sensitisation of police
• Every suggestion we are considering; some suggestions havecome for graded punishments
• Already we have ordered appointing more women policemen inDelhi
• Almost everybody said there should be fast-track courts (forcrime against women)
• The suggestions will be translated into law at the earliest
• The suggestion has come from leader of Opposition
• But there is no need to call a special session
• I have written to all parties to send their recommendations to Justice Verma commission