India, Jan. 31 -- Delhi Police are in the advanced stages of a proposal to authorise their special police unit for women and children (SPUWAC) to take complete charge of online sexual crime cases against them from receiving complaints and registering first information reports (FIR) to investigation and prosecution, senior police officers familiar with the development said.

"As such cases require sensitivity and familiar approach towards victims, the need was felt to have a single, specialised unit with domain expertise. By empowering SPUWAC to handle such cases, we want a swift victim-centric response instead of complaints being shuffled between multiple units," a senior police officer from the SPUWAC said, requesting anonymity.

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