Nov 10 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
16% RISE IN PLAINTS - Crime against women: 40 cases daily
New Delhi:
PTI
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Forty cases of crimes against women are registered every day in the capital with offences of rape, molestation and sexual harassment in public topping the list.According to Delhi Police data, there has been a 16% increase in complaints of crimes against women with 11,683 cases being lodged between January 1 and October 20. Last year, 10,064 cases registered during the same period. Police attributed the rise to effective registration of cases after the December 16, 2012 gang rape incident. Recording of such incidents saw an almost 500% rise. Gender sensitization programmes organized for police personnel have also played a vital role, police said.
“After the Nirbhaya case, it was man dated by an amendment in 2013 that if a woman comes to a police station, she will not be denied registration of an FIR,“ Delhi Police commissioner B S Bassi had said.
Till October 20 this year, Delhi has re corded over 3,450 cases of molestation, 1,024 cases of harassment against 2,544 and 793 cases last year. There has also been a rise in the number of abductions and dowry deaths with 311 and 131 cases registered respectively this year as against 253 and 123 cases last year.
However, fewer cases of domestic violence have been registered this year--2,370 complaints have been filed so far as compared to 2,457 cases last year.
Police said almost 90% of cases registered over the last nine months have been solved and the culprits arrested.
“After the Nirbhaya case, it was man dated by an amendment in 2013 that if a woman comes to a police station, she will not be denied registration of an FIR,“ Delhi Police commissioner B S Bassi had said.
Till October 20 this year, Delhi has re corded over 3,450 cases of molestation, 1,024 cases of harassment against 2,544 and 793 cases last year. There has also been a rise in the number of abductions and dowry deaths with 311 and 131 cases registered respectively this year as against 253 and 123 cases last year.
However, fewer cases of domestic violence have been registered this year--2,370 complaints have been filed so far as compared to 2,457 cases last year.
Police said almost 90% of cases registered over the last nine months have been solved and the culprits arrested.
