Constables’ wives stage protest, seek work breaks for overburdened hubbies
Hyderabad: Wives and family members of constables working with the Armed Reserve and the TG Special Police on Friday staged a protest near the Secretariat and at Kondapur, demanding that the government grant relief to the constables, who work for 26 nonstop. Police briefly detained some of the protesters.
A constable’s wife, who is two months pregnant, said that her husband’s job was so overburdening that there was no one to take her to hospital. Her in-laws were old, she said, and she also has a toddler to care for.
While videos and images of women protesting with their toddlers in hand went viral and attracted widespread sympathy, one woman from the Nalgonda 7th Battalion came all the way to the city to meet her bridegroom. She alleged that frequent postings and unrealistic working hours has led to a delay in their marriage.
Earlier, wives of police constables attached to the 17th battalion of TGSP, Sardapur, Rajanna Sircilla, staged a protest in Sircilla town on Thursday.
A similar protest was organised in front of the 4th Battalion in Manmoor, Warangal on Tuesday, demanding ‘Ek police system’. Around 20 constables were suspended after their wives protested on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day.
