Gujarat Police's Rape Warnings Leave Residents Fuming; Cops Say Posters ‘Created without Consent’

Gujarat Police's rape warnings leave residents fuming; cops say posters ‘created without consent’

Gujarat police officials said that a group called Satarkta had sought permission to put up posters in Gujarati to promote traffic awareness

'Don't Party, Avoid Rape': Posters Warning Women To 'Stay Home' Trigger Fury In Ahmedabad

DCP (Traffic West) Neeta Desai and ACP (Traffic Admin) Shailesh Modi admitted the posters were installed without proper vetting of their content

Controversial posters by city traffic police on women safety spark outrage in Ahmedabad

Provocative warnings were swiftly removed following public backlash, but not before igniting a storm over the state government's role and priorities.

Ahmedabad traffic police's bizarre poster on women safety sparks row: 'Stay home to avoid rape'

Ahmedabad Police is facing backlash over safety campaign posters that appear to advise women to stay indoors to avoid rape. Allegedly sponsored by the police, these posters have been spotted in several parts of the city, drawing criticism for different sections of society. Posters with statements, "do not attend late night parties, you could be raped or gangraped," and "do not go with your friend to dark, isolated areas, what if she is raped or …

'Don't Party Or You'll Be Raped' Posters By Traffic Police Spark Backlash In Gujarat

Posters allegedly sponsored by the Ahmedabad traffic police for a safety campaign have stirred up a controversy, as some of them urged women to stay home to avoid getting raped.

Stay home to avoid rape: Gujarat traffic police’s posters spark row; DCP says posters created ‘without their consent’

Satarkta Group, an NGO, had created the controversial posters without the consent of the traffic police, the DCP claimed.