L-G Kiran Bedi's 'incognito' patrol in Puducherry

Kiran Bedi ventured out 'camouflaged' at night in Puducherry to get first hand experience of how safe the UT is at night. After the late night rounds, she went for 6 AM cleanliness round the very next morning.

Kiran Bedi went out under cover for midnight rounds of Puducherry to find out how safe is the place for women at late hours. / Image: Twitter

New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi took to streets in incognito mode on  Friday night, to find out how safe is the place for women at night. Wearing a 'Salwar Kurta' and partially covering her face with dupatta , Bedi was riding pillion on a scooty with another woman.  

A clip of Night Round done 'incognito' to check how safe was it for women++during late night hours. Helped identify areas for improvement.. pic.twitter.com/1BeMsL1JQX

— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) August 19, 2017

After she returned back from the midnight patrolling, she wrote in her tweet: ''Just back from a night round. Went pillion riding on a scooter camouflaged. Felt Pondicherry safe for women, even at night. Shall repeat..''  

Just back from a night round. Went pillion riding on a scooter camouflaged. Felt Pondicherry safe for women, even at night. Shall repeat.. — Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) August 18, 2017

The comment section was flooded with words of admiration for the ''super cop.'' One comment said : ''with super cop as the governor, Puducherry has to be the safest place.'' Bedi later tweeted an image of her night round. After the night round on scooty, Bedi took to streets early morning on cycle for 98th 6AM rounds for giving out the message of Swachh Puducherry. She shared two pictures in one of which she is seen as a pillion on scooty and the other one in which she is seen riding cycle at 6 AM. The images are captioned : From a midnight incognito #Suraksha Round to the 6AM weekend #Swachh round..  

From a midnight incognito #Suraksha Round to the 6AM weekend #Swachh Round... pic.twitter.com/qn9OVZYYod — Lt. Gov. Puducherry (@LGov_Puducherry) August 19, 2017

In yet another tweet,  Bedi said that she found Puducherry reasonably safe at night. She urged people to connect to PCR or 100 to inform about any problem they face. Here is her tweet.  

Found Puducherry reasonably safe at night. But will be improved. Also urge people to connect with PCR,100/ & inform their concerns.. https://t.co/sFJHin0FgH — Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) August 19, 2017