Published 12:45 IST, October 24th 2019

She Teams: Sania Mirza, Samantha Akkineni hail 5 years of initiative

As the She Teams completed five years, Sania Mirza, Samantha Akkineni, Rakul Preet Singh hailed it on social media for making women in Telangana feel safe.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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Crime against women has been among major hurdles for country for years, but good thing is that union and state governments are taking initiatives against menace. One such initiative recently completely a milestone, and it received thumbs up from celebrities. Sania Mirza, Rakul Preet Singh, Samantha Akkineni, Lakshmi Manchu were among celebrities who expressed ir support to Telangana government’s She Teams movement. team that works towards safety of women in Telangana completed five years, and celebrity support proved that it mand to create an impact. stars termed service and its impact as ‘amazing’ and lauded its ‘heroic excellence’ for safeguarding women and educating m about crimes.  

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Celebrities give thumbs up  

Tennis sensation Sania Mirza took to Twitter on Thursday to congratulate Telangana Government as She Teams initiative completed five years. Lauding Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for mission’s success, Sania wrote, “A burger congratulation to #SheTeams on successfully safe guarding and protecting women and young girls for 5 years !Launched by our Hon’ble CM Sri KCR #SheTeam has reached amazing heights and succeeded in trying to make a secure environment for women in public places.” (sic) She continued, “#SheTeams has also run campaigns to try and create awareness among women bout ir rights! I wish m all very best for future .. @IGWomenSafety @TelanganaDGP @TS_Sheteams.” 

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Rakul Preet Singh was among or stars to tweet on  occasion, “Congratulations #SheTeams on completing 5 years of amazing service in providing safety to women.” Samantha shared, “#5yearsofsheteams #sheteamsforher This has been an amazing initiative in Telangana . Thankyou from all of us for helping us feel safe and protected.” 

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Lakshmi Manchu wrote, “My heartfelt wishes to #sheteams on completing 5 years of heroic excellence in educating and supporting women. Thanks to you, many women today are able to step out with confidence and cour. You rock! @IGWomenSafety @TS_Sheteams.” 

She Teams created 300 plus teams, and addressed 33,700 cases over course of five years to weed out menace of crime against women, as per ir own statistics shared on Twitter. Telangana Police celebrated event in a grand manner at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad. team even shared a live video where top police officials were seen addressing a garing. 

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12:37 IST, October 24th 2019