Average one woman facing violence in Srinagar

Srinagar: At an average of a day, one woman is facing physical or mental violence in Srinagar.
A woman police officer, who is heading the only women police station in Srinagar, said about 300 cases of violence against women were reported this year so far.
Rambagh police station on Srinagar-Airport road is receiving complaints from women, not only from Srinagar and its adjourning areas but from the central and north Kashmir, its Station House officer (SHO) Gulshan Akhtar said.
However, she made it clear that though it is an all women police station, male members can also seek the assistance of the police station.
She said misunderstanding between husband and wife was the main reason in most of the cases which later resulted in violence.
“We normally call both husband and wife to police station and listen to their grievances against each other,” she said adding, “We later try to help them for compromise.” She said in some cases, “We find complaints against mother-in-law also, who too are also called to police station to help them clear the misunderstanding.”