Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to put up posters with names and photos of people “involved” in incidents of harassment of women, The Indian Express reported. The chief minister also ordered that the “anti-Romeo squads”, tasked with preventing harassment of women in the state, be further strengthened.
“The chief minister has directed that posters of criminals involved in molesting women, girls and children, misbehaviour and sexual harassment cases be displayed on road intersections and public places, along with the names of those aiding such criminals, so that people come to know about them,” a government statement said. However, the order does not specify if it is meant for accused or for convicts or both.
Adityanath issued the directives after he took cognisance of an incident where two men harassed a Dalit woman on…