Kozhikode
Training sessions to impart self-defence lessons for women and children will be popularised in the limits of all police stations in Kozhikode district as part of the State-wide efforts of the government and the police to improve the feeling of safety of women. Master trainers from Kozhikode, who recently attended a three-day special training session by the department in Thiruvananthapuram, will coordinate the regional training sessions in the limits of police stations.
A senior woman police officer said that the previously conducted free training sessions of the department had empowered five lakh persons, including women and children, across the State. “In Kozhikode district, various city and rural stations were part of the project led by well-trained and experienced martial arts trainers with the department,” she said.