Tollywood actor Adivi Sesh urges women to download Disha app for safety

Actor Adavi Sesh interacting with women during an awareness programme on Disha App organized by the police department in Visakhapatnam on Sunday DCVisakhapatnam Tollywood actor Adivi Sesh has urged women to download the Disha app for safetyThe actor said that the Andhra Pradesh government introduced Disha Act and app for the safety of womenHe was addressing an awareness programme organized by the police at Rama Krishna beach on SundayFurther he stated that the Disha police station has complete details of the app and that women should be aware of the application to guard themselves in times of distressA number of students who took part in the programme downloaded the Disha appThe awareness drive was attended by DCP-I Gowthami Sali ACP East Sirish and ACP Prem Kajal among othersIn 2019 The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly had unanimously passed two Bills Andhra Pradesh Disha Act – AP Special Courts for Specified Offences against Women and Children Act 2019 and AP Disha Act – Criminal Law AP Amendment Act 2019 to constitute exclusive special courts in every district for speedy trial of specified offenses against women and children and for amending sections in the Indian Penal Code 1860 and Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 adding new sections and awarding capital punishment to those convicted of rape