The Mumbai Police seems to have decided to take sexual crimes against minors more seriously. In a bid to spare victims of crimes under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act the discomfort of visiting police stations or narrate their ordeal to officers, cops have begun the process to identify 13 centres, one in each of its 13 zones, which will have specialists along with policewomen to handle the survivors.

Officers said the main aim is to create a stress-free atmosphere where victims reveal maximum details of the crime, which will help to nail the accused in court.