On New Year day today, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat, IPS, arranged a special screening of the movie
Mardaani 2 for women staff of the commissionerate at Asian Cine Square, Uppal.
The Commissioner also rang in the New Year by cutting a cake along with the women at the multiplex.
Speaking to the media, the Commissioner said that the screening of the movie was a small gesture towards acknowledging the hard work put in by the women cops, especially in balancing both work and life, and to provide them recreation on New Year day.
He also said that 2020 was being observed as the Year of Women's Safety, and that his women force as well as the Rachakonda police as a whole would stand up for the cause.
Some 190 women police officers watched the movie, along with Additional CP Sudheer Babu, Malkajgiri DCP Rakshita Murthy, DCP Crimes Yadagiri, Additional DCP Saleema, Additional DCP Shilpavalli and a host of others.
The women officers expressed happiness over the special gesture of the CP. They said that the movie, that deals with a woman police officer unearthing and battling a child trafficking racket, motivated them to be more courageous and enhance their professional skills.