He also expressed concern over the rise in theincidents of "violence, harassment and molestation of women"since the lockdown came into force.
"Some perverts are indulging in crime against women,wrongly assuming that police are too busy in the enforcementof lockdown, to act against them. But this is far from true,"Deshmukh said in a statement.
"I have instructed the police to invoke the strongestsections and take strict action against such men," he said.
The home minister also expressed concern over therising instances of domestic violence against women.
"We have strong laws in place to take this on and Ihave made it clear that any tardiness in bringing suchculprits to book will not be tolerated," he said. NDNP NP