UK police to be trained to tackle anti-dowry violence
BY Agencies19 Oct 2014 10:36 PM GMT
Agencies19 Oct 2014 10:36 PM GMT
British police will be trained in tackling dowry-related violence after it was found that the issue was still rife among some of the migrant communities in Britain.
A probe conducted by The Independent found that hundreds of women a year, including those of Indian-origin are being ‘burnt, scalped, imprisoned or otherwise abused in their homes over financial disputes with their in-laws’.
Senior police officers told the newspaper that they would be launching an initial review into the issue based on the evidence provided.
‘It is very hard for us to put strategies in place if no one tells us it is going on. Following this information, there will be a real hard line with this. We may need to create some sort of new
system,’ Commander Mak Chishty, association of chief police officers national lead for forced marriage, honour-based violence and female genital mutilation said.
‘Working with dowry violence would now be incorporated into the training of 140,000 police officers in this country,’ he said.
A probe conducted by The Independent found that hundreds of women a year, including those of Indian-origin are being ‘burnt, scalped, imprisoned or otherwise abused in their homes over financial disputes with their in-laws’.
Senior police officers told the newspaper that they would be launching an initial review into the issue based on the evidence provided.
‘It is very hard for us to put strategies in place if no one tells us it is going on. Following this information, there will be a real hard line with this. We may need to create some sort of new
system,’ Commander Mak Chishty, association of chief police officers national lead for forced marriage, honour-based violence and female genital mutilation said.
‘Working with dowry violence would now be incorporated into the training of 140,000 police officers in this country,’ he said.
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