A new Bharosa Centre, aimed at providing comprehensive support to women and children in distress, was inaugurated at Shamshabad on Friday (October 31) by Telangana Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy. The centre, established under the Cyberabad lolice commissionerate, will extend its services across 17 police stations in the Rajendranagar and Shamshabad zones.
Operated by a trained team of women personnel, the Shamshabad Bharosa Centre will offer integrated services, including legal assistance, medical care, psychological counselling and access to government compensation schemes for victims, particularly those covered under the POCSO Act. The centre’s jurisdiction spans Rajendranagar, Mailardevpally, Attapur, Chevella, Shabad, Moinabad, Shamshabad, RGIA, Kothur, Nandigama, Shadnagar, Kondurg, Chowdariguda, Keshampet, Amangal, Kadthal and Talakondapally.
The centre will operate with an eight-member team comprising a receptionist, a coordinator-cum-administrator, a legal counsellor, two counsellors, a support person, an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) and an accountant, in addition to a sub-inspector and assistant sub-inspector for supervision.
Speaking at the event, DGP Reddy described the Bharosa Centres as one-stop crisis support systems that provide justice, protection and emotional care under one roof. He said the initiative ensures that women and children receive continuous support from the complaint stage through investigation, trial and compensation and announced that Bharosa Centres would soon be set up in all districts across Telangana.
The Bharosa initiative, launched in 2016 by the Telangana Police department, provides integrated assistance to women and children affected by violence or distress through coordinated police, legal, medical and psychological support. Currently, 33 Bharosa Centres operate across 24 districts and six Police commissionerates. Managed by the Telangana police with support from the Telangana government and the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, the centres are monitored by the Women Safety Wing and have been recognised nationally as a best practice in victim-centric policing.
The Shamshabad facility is the third Bharosa Centre under the Cyberabad Commissionerate. The building was sponsored by the Bangarutalli Foundation of the BBG Group and executed by P.V.N. Infra. Representatives from BBG, including Director M.V. Mallikarjun Reddy, CEO Mukund Tavang, Vice-President (Bangarutalli Foundation) Pawan Kumar, Sales Head P. Srinivas Rao and team member K. Usha, were present at the event.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by ADGP, Women Safety Wing, Charu Sinha, Cyberabad Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty; DCP (Rajendranagar) Yogesh Goutam, IPS; SP (Women Safety Wing) Shaik Saleema; Shamshabad DCP B. Rajesh; DCP (Women and Children Safety Wing) K. Srujana among other officials.
Published – October 31, 2025 07:03 pm IST
