Gurgaon: In view of two gang rape incidents recently in Gurgaon, Deputy Commissioner P C Meena today asked all shopping mall and pub owners and those running shops and commercial establishments not to keep women employees on duty beyond 8 PM. If women employees are detained on duty after that, it should be with the permission of the Labour department, he said.
Expressing concern over eve-teasing and molestation cases, Meena issued many ‘dos and don’ts’ for shopping mall owners and pub operators. He said in a press release that if women employee are deputed on duty during the night shift, that is, after 8PM, her safe transportation from her home to place of duty and vice versa will be the responsibility of the employer who will have to keep a daily record of the vehicle used, its registration number, time of departure, name of driver who is entrusted the task of picking up or dropping the women employees.
Such a record has to be got checked from the concerned SHO of the area. The place from where the women employees boarded the vehicle, that is, parking place should have a CCTV camera there so that it can be ascertained that the woman was not lifted forcibly.
Meena said it will be the responsibility of pub and shopping mall owners that pubs being operated in their malls close at the designated time.
If not, then case will be registered against the pub and mall owner as well. The mall authorities should cut off the lights of pubs after the closing time. Meena directed the pub operators to keep proper records of visitors.
They should keep a photocopy of the identity card, address proof of the customer or the visitor and get it checked from the SHO concerned in every 15 days. In Gurgaon, some pubs were operating upto mid night while some others remained open till 2AM but that is with the prior permission of the Excise and Taxation department. Meena asked pub owners to create an IP address each with concerned DCP as one of the clients who can watch activities going on in the pub on the internet whenever he desires so. Meena also directed the mall owners to install CCTV cameras in their malls in such a way that no corner of the mall is left out of its view and the camera should have a backup of minimum 30 days.
Menna also asked the police to be more strict and conduct tests outside shopping malls to check drunk drivers. The mall owners should also get the verification of bouncers done from the police. These orders are applicable to all malls and pubs operating in district Gurgaon, Meena added.
At the same time, he appealed the general public to send a complaint to the police and district administration about any violation of rules or creation of nuisance by shopping mall or pub owners so that action can be taken against the guilty.
He said the incidents of molestation and eve-teasing brought a bad name to the city and tarnished its image.
The complaint can be sent either through SMS or on e-mail address- [email protected] or [email protected], Meena said. (PTI)