State will protect women, says minister

MALAPPURAM: Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that the laws meant to prevent child abuse will be implemented more vigorously than before in the state. Inaugurating a seminar on the security of women organised by the district police, Thiruvanchoor said the state would set a model for the entire country in preventing atrocities against women. He said a draft Bill had been submitted to the Law Department after holding wide discussions with women’s representatives and police officers about the problems of women. Legislation would be brought soon. The minister said the number of attacks against women had come down in the state. He said the number had increased largely because of the complaints filed years after attacks. He said several complaints about attacks against Adivasis were received several years after the incident.