Express News Service Wed May 26 2010, New delhi:
The Union Home Ministry has advised Delhi Police to increase the strength of women in the capital’s police force to 15 per cent. Responding to queries filed by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Aggarwal, the MHA said the police have been advised to raise the strength of women in the force for which fresh recruitments are being undertaken. As of now, the 71,747-strong force includes 5,069 women, about seven per cent. The maximum number of women, 3,225 of them, are posted as constables. In its reply, the Delhi Police also said a total of 116 posts for women Sub-Inspectors are lying vacant and it had advertised to fill up 82 of these vacancies last December.
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