As many as 463 rape cases have been registered at various police stations across Delhi in the first four and a half months of 2013, indicating an increase of 158 per cent over the same period last year, Delhi police said on Monday. There has been at least a 600 per cent rise in molestation cases, while 783.67 per cent more harassment cases have been noted in the same period this year, said an officer. Last year, as many as 179 rapes, 139 molestations and 49 cases of harassment had been registered till 15 April.
Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar contended that rapes are'opportunist crimes' in which most of the perpetrators were people known to the victim. '97 per cent cases happened within the house while in only three per cent of cases, the involvement of strangers have been found, including the 16 December gang rape,' he said at a press conference here. 'It is not possible to prevent rapes, if a neighbour or person known to the victim is involved in the crime,' he added.
Delhi police figures said that friends/lovers were involved in 178 of the recorded rape cases, neighbours in 115, employers in 15, fathers in 10, ex-husbands in nine, father-in-laws in two, step-fathers in two, cousins in five, tenants in three, instructors in three, doctors in two and occult practitioner in one.
Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar contended that rapes are'opportunist crimes' in which most of the perpetrators were people known to the victim. '97 per cent cases happened within the house while in only three per cent of cases, the involvement of strangers have been found, including the 16 December gang rape,' he said at a press conference here. 'It is not possible to prevent rapes, if a neighbour or person known to the victim is involved in the crime,' he added.
Delhi police figures said that friends/lovers were involved in 178 of the recorded rape cases, neighbours in 115, employers in 15, fathers in 10, ex-husbands in nine, father-in-laws in two, step-fathers in two, cousins in five, tenants in three, instructors in three, doctors in two and occult practitioner in one.