India, Dec. 14 -- The city residents will soon get a WhatsApp chatbot that will help them quickly find information about the nearest police stations and contact numbers of station house officers (SHO) concerned, officials said on Saturday.

Speaking at HT Gurugram First dialogue on Saturday, deputy commissioner of police (West) Karan Goel said that with the chatbot facility, users will have important information at their fingertips.

Goel said that the facility will be launched within a week, and will be expanded based on the feedback from users.

"Currently, the chatbot will share the location of local police stations, four cybercrime police stations, women's police stations, traffic police stations, and contact numbers of SHOs concerned...