New Delhi, October 22 (HS): The newly appointed Chairperson of National Commission for Women, Vijaya Rahatkar, took over on Tuesday. Rahatkar spoke to the media after taking charge at the office located in Sarita Vihar. She thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this important responsibility. She assured that she will take the good work of the Commission forward. She said that the increasing number of crimes against women and children is a matter of concern for everyone. This will be dealt with strictly. People with such a distorted mentality who commit crimes against women should be punished quickly. Along with this, they should fear the consequences before thinking of committing any such crime, the Commission will continue to work in this direction. In the RG Kar case, she said that this incident is extremely unfortunate.

Hindusthan Samachar / Indrani Sarkar