BHOPAL: Amid national debates over women’s safety triggered by the Bengaluru molestation incident, Madhya Pradesh police have launched 'MP e-Cop', a mobile app and portal to facilitate girls to get immediate back-up merely by the push of a button.
"There is SOS (an international code signal for extreme distress) facility in 'MP e-Cop', which would trigger the SMS to phone numbers fed in the app by the girls/women," Director General of Police (DGP) Rishi Kumar Shukla told media on Friday.
Shukla said that a special action plan is being prepared to tackle crimes against women. The DGP said that girls/women can feed up to five numbers in SOS facility available on this app.
"As soon as the girl in distress pushes the button, the app will send an alert SMS on the five numbers fed by her in the app," he added.
Shukla also said that this is also done to create awareness among the public on cyber crimes. "The action is being taken to curb objectionable messages spread through social media," he added.
After launching the App on Thursday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had directed police officials to prepare draft for laws related to crimes against women.
"CM told the police officers that strict laws are needed to prevent cases of molestation. He instructed police officers concerned to prepare draft for the laws on the issue," said a public relations department officer.
Talking about the app, another police officer said that citizens will also be able to report missing documents, mobiles or missing persons, from the comfort of their homes, in addition to getting information about stolen and recovered vehicles.
"People can avail several other facilities through this app. They can inform about missing documents and mobile phones from their home. Secret information can be shared with police without disclosing the name," he added.
The link to open the app is - http://citizen.mppolice.gov.in - and it can be downloaded from Google play store, he informed.
He said that the report regarding missing things can be seen and information regarding missing persons and unidentified bodies can be received from the app, adding "Important telephone numbers have been given on the app."