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The Hyderabad Police said that the SHE Teams resolved 1,149 complaints and apprehended 3,826 persons for assorted forms of harassment during 2025, arsenic the specialised helping intensified enactment against offences including integer blackmail, cyberstalking and nationalist spot harassment.
Reiterating that women’s information remains a priority, Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said offenders should not presume that anonymity oregon exertion would shield them from the instrumentality and that each ailment would beryllium pursued with seriousness and confidentiality.
According to the police, blackmail emerged arsenic the astir communal cyber-related offence, with 366 victims approaching the SHE Teams aft being threatened with the misuse of backstage photographs oregon recorded video calls, often by persons they had befriended connected societal media oregon by erstwhile partners.
The information besides showed 121 cases of midnight harassment done net calls and 82 cases involving fake profiles and circulation of obscene content. Forensic and method investigation was utilized to hint unidentifiable numbers and online accounts successful respective cases, constabulary said.
The SHE Teams further handled 98 cases successful which women alleged exploitation nether the pretext of marriage. Counselling was provided to the victims and transgression proceedings were initiated against the accused.
Apart from complaint-based action, 15 SHE Teams moving successful plain apparel carried retired surveillance and decoy operations astatine autobus stations, colleges and different crowded nationalist places. While astir of those apprehended were counselled on with their household members, superior cases led to registration of cases, arrests and judicial custody, the constabulary said.
The Hyderabad Police person urged women to study immoderate signifier of harassment without fear, assuring confidentiality and punctual response. Citizens tin interaction the exigency fig 100 oregon scope retired to the SHE Teams done their dedicated helpline and WhatsApp services, constabulary added.
