'Women can be provided with taser, pepper spray'

September 11, 2012 20:16

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday submitted to the Bombay high court a proposed set of guidelines to ensure the safety of women who work late night and commute alone, which includes a recommendation that women be given personal safety gadgets such as pepper spray by the employers.

Women working between 7 pm and 7 am should be provided with car pick-up and drop facility with security personnel and trained in self-defence, besides giving them personal safety gadgets like tasers and pepper spray, the government proposals stated.

The division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode had that said while private firms are bound to ensure the safety of women employees working late hours, the state should come up with some guidelines for the firms.

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