Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Women Constables Protest at Training Centre Over Poor Amenities
Imagine you're a new police officer in training.
You're staying at a training center in Gorakhpur, India.
But things aren't great: there isn't enough water or electricity, and the bathrooms are not good, plus there's a camera in the bathroom!
Hundreds of trainees are angry, so they're protesting.
They say the people in charge are not treating them fairly.
The boss says they're going to fix the problems by building more bathrooms and other improvements to make things better.
Trainee women constables protested against poor amenities at the Gorakhpur training center.
Protesters alleged lack of access to basic amenities like water and electricity.
Trainees claimed a camera was installed in the bathroom area.
The police training center was originally built for 300 people, but houses 598 trainees.
The PAC Commandant assured the issues will be resolved.
- Who
- Around 600 trainee women constables and the training center management.
- What
- Trainee women constables protested over poor amenities and alleged misconduct at their training center.
- When
- The protest occurred on Tuesday morning.
- Where
- 26th Battalion PAC campus in Bichhiya, Shahpur area of Gorakhpur.
- Why
- Protest over poor amenities, lack of access to basic needs, and alleged misconduct.
Trainees' perspective
Management's perspective
Facilities
Trainees' perspective
Inadequate facilities and poor treatment.
Management's perspective
Training center experiencing issues.
Misconduct
Trainees' perspective
Mismanagement and misconduct by the training center in-charge.
Management's perspective
Misunderstandings and actions underway to resolve the matter.
- Location
- Gorakhpur, India
- Number of Trainees
- Approximately 600
- Training Center Capacity
- 300 (originally)
- Batch
- Uttar Pradesh Civil Police 2023
- Issue
- Lack of water, insufficient bathrooms, inappropriate language and misconduct by in-charge, and installation of camera in bathroom area.
- Response
- Assurance of resolving the issues from PAC Commandant.