Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Tamil Nadu Police Expand Women and Child Safety Efforts
The Tamil Nadu Police are using a special team to help protect women and children.
This team is called the Singappen Special Force.
During one week, it responded to hundreds of complaints and helped open criminal cases.
It also found missing women and children and brought them home safely.
The team held thousands of safety programmes for students, workers and the public.
Officers watched vulnerable places and stopped some child marriages.
They also helped people with intellectual disabilities and children who had left school.
In Salem, two men were arrested after a student reported alleged abuse.
Women and girls needing urgent help can call 1091.
The Singappen Special Force attended 258 complaints and helped register 14 criminal cases from September 4 to 10.
Teams traced four missing women and four missing children and returned them safely to their families.
The force conducted 3,484 awareness programmes and patrolled or surveilled 13,581 vulnerable locations.
SSF interventions rescued six people with intellectual disabilities, prevented six child marriages and helped 71 dropout children re-enrol in school.
In Salem, two men were arrested after a 14-year-old student reported alleged sexual abuse and threats.
- Who
- The Singappen Special Force of the Tamil Nadu Police, working with local police and communities.
- What
- The force intensified preventive policing, patrols, awareness programmes, complaint response, rescues and support for women and children.
- When
- September 4 to 10; the report also describes an awareness programme in Salem during this period.
- Where
- Across Tamil Nadu, including Salem, Tenkasi, Madurai, Thanjavur, Salem, Namakkal, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tirupathur.
- Why
- To improve the safety of women and children through prevention, protection, prompt intervention, awareness, rescue and rehabilitation.
- Complaints attended
- 258 complaints were handled on the spot.
- Criminal cases
- 14 criminal cases were facilitated between September 4 and 10.
- Awareness programmes
- 3,484 programmes were conducted for students, the public and migrant workers.
- Locations covered
- 13,581 vulnerable locations were covered through surveillance and preventive patrolling.
- Missing persons traced
- Four missing women and four missing children were safely returned to their families.
- Vulnerable persons supported
- Six people with intellectual disabilities were rescued and given rehabilitation support.
- Child protection actions
- Six child marriages were prevented and 71 school dropout children were helped to re-enrol.
- Emergency helpline
- Women and girls can contact the Singappen helpline at 1091 for immediate assistance.