raipur women and girls in raipur are blaming city police for their ineffectiveness to combat eveteasing and molestation at public places and in front of schools and colleges women police station in city receives 10 complaints on an average everyday that pertain to crime against women going by data recorded with police the trend of reporting such incidents hasnt seen much difference with 41 cases lodged this year against eveteasing till february 250 cases registered against eveteasing and 147 against rape in 2014 268 and 187 cases of eveteasing in 2013 and 2012 respectively facing trauma on regular basis many girls and women told toi that they had to change routes quit tuitions and even join selfdefense courses as there isnt any immediate action taken against rowdies in this city once you are out on streets groups of goons pass sexually suggestive remarks and make lewd gestures while we have been taught to ignore such people regular eveteasing has traumatized me nikita name changed of bcom first year studying in girls degree college at kalibadi said adding that she joined karate class later and felt confident another 16yearold girl who lodged a fir against a minor boy at civil lines police station recently said that constant stalking was affecting her studies the insecurity haunted me even in my sleep and i was slipping into depression in fear that he would abduct molest or rape me i had stopped stepping out of my home following which my parents helped me file the complaint among spots that these road romeos frequent are shankar nagar chowk katora talaab telibandha lake kalibadi college salem school holy cross byron bazaar school holy hearts school civil lines places like ghadi chowk and collector garden are almost forbidden for women with dominance of such antisocial elements in a survey done by toi it didnt find a single cop at any of the aforementioned spots several calls made to women police station in charge manju rathore went unanswered talking to toi raipur sp op pal admitted there may be no defense mechanism specially for eve teasing and molestation but frequent patrolling is being done by police control room vehicles at vulnerable spots we will ask women cell to conduct patrolling near schools and colleges i would suggest girls not to keep quiet on the matter and call 100 or women helpline 181 for help in 2010 police had launched operation majnu to stop molestation in state capital and zero down on eveteasers especially in front of schools and colleges it was supposed to be a continuous campaign to maintain pressure and fear among miscreants however after the hyped launch the campaign lost ground in no time talking to toi dr ashok trivedi prominent psychiatrist said persistent eveteasing leads to perpetual insecurity even at home and such anxiety often ends into depression in many cases he added that in some cases women and girls had shown symptoms of getting psyched on the worse side such girls surrender and land