IPS officer teaches how to make pepper spray at home

With the crime rate against women reaching an all-time high all across the country and the reports of harassment and molestation increasing almost every day, it is logical to think of an effective defence mechanism. While law and order is there to do the needful, it is also important that every citizen should be equipped with some self-defence measures. One such most commonly used way to keep eve-teasers away is pepper spray. Pepper spray has been adopted as one of the most used techniques of defence, especially by Indian women. Though the functioning of a pepper spray is mostly well understood, what goes into making it and the access to one still remains a big challenge. Recently, in a video doing rounds on social media, Soumya Sambasivan, an IPS officer from Himachal Pradesh is seen teaching local women how to make pepper spray at home. Scroll below to learn the art of making pepper spray at home.