As crimes in Pune is on the rise, City commissioner Dr K Ventakesham took a step to curb the rising crimes in the city. As part of the step, the commissioner approached experts to conduct research on the crimes related to women in the city. The research was conducted by faculties of SNDT Arts and Commerce College for Women, namely vice-principal Madhavi Kulkarni, Madhura Joshi Head of the Department (HOD) in Economic, Manasee Rajhans HOD in Psychology and Vasanti Joshi HOD in Commerce stream.

The team of experts had carried out research based on the molestation cases filed in different police stations in Pune. The details of the cases, which were procured from 30 police stations in the city, were registered under section 345 and its subsection of the Indian Penal code (IPC) from January 2018 to November 2016.