Rani feels that women cops will fight against human trafficking strongly because they will feel for this cause more. (Image courtesy: Varinder Chawla)
Actress Rani Mukerji says that enlisting more women in police to work exclusively to eliminate sex trafficking can help bring down the crime in India.
"I feel if women cops come into the picture they will fight against human trafficking strongly because they will feel for this cause more," said the 36-year-old actress. Rani plays a policewoman in her recently released film Mardaani where she busts a network of traffickers.(Also Read: Rani Mukerji Says Mardaani is Not a Crusade Against Men)
The actress was speaking at an event organised by Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an anti-sex trafficking NGO. "I inaugurated an all women beat marshal squad in Mumbai where women visit schools, colleges and malls on their bikes. I hope all other states join in and have more beat marshals like that because in Mumbai they are encouraging women cops," Rani said.
She also cited examples of states like Gujarat and Maharashtra which already have a 33 per cent reservation for police women. "I think these positions need to be filled up as soon as possible and I strongly appeal that more women come forward and fill these positions up and work for this cause. My intention behind doing this film was to inspire women," the actress said.
Rani also said she had been inspired by stories of survivors of trafficked women. Recently, Rani had accompanied one of them, Fatima Khatoon to the eighth season of the
Kaun Banega Crorepati. Fatima, from Bihar, said she had been trafficked as a nine-year-old. After having six children in her early twenties and living in a home-based brothel she is now an activist who gets girls enrolled in school away from the brothels and files police cases against traffickers.