The Government Railway Police (GRP) has unleashed a special squad of women officers to tackle the problem of thefts and robberies in ladies’ bogies on the suburban local trains. The squad, disguised as regular commuters, follow on-record criminals to catch them in the act, and hand them over to the police.

(Clockwise from left) Five criminals Nisha Shigvan, Shabnam Shaikh, Sunita Masane, Yamuna Pawar and Yasmin Pasha Shaikh — all of whom have a past criminal record, were nabbed by the Nirbhaya Squad in the months of May and June