Meet the trainees of Velangana, India’s first women commando unit to tackle crimes against women
In 2012, the Assam Police set up a special task force to crack down on crimes against women. They named it Veerangana (literally meaning “adventurer”) and decided to make it an all-female unit. Twitter Initially, people ridiculed the idea. Police Commissioner Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta told Brut: Some law enforcement officials were skeptical: “Look at this […]