Union Minister Smriti Irani has denied claims that the coronavirus-induced lockdown led to an increase in cases of domestic violence against women. Replying to a question that the lockdown has increased domestic violence and women are not being able to even lodge complaints, Ms. Irani retorted: “It is false. We have one stop crisis centres across every district of every State.”“I without revealing the faces and names of women that we have rescued, have state by state, district by district rescue rehabilitation details of every individual victim,” she said on Sunday. Our crisis centres have been functional throughout the lockdown,” said the Minister. Ms. Irani said rescue and rehabilitation facilities have been provided not only for women but also children.

Source: The Hindu June 08, 2020 06:22 UTC