India, Jan. 10 -- Gurugram police have launched a WhatsApp bot to assist residents in knowing the police station jurisdiction, location of cybercrime and women's police stations, contact numbers of station house officers and details of other helplines, officials said on Friday.

Residents will have to send a "Hi" message to 9599964777 to get the information on the police stations or grievance raising options on traffic issues and violations, damaged roads and advisories in Hindi and English.

Gurugram police commissioner Vikas Kumar Arora, while launching the service on Friday, said that the facility was a move to bridge the gap between residents and police personnel using digitisation. "Residents were demanding this facility for a long t...