HC raps cops for bad policing, says no woman feels safe in city
19 Sept 2014 5:25 AM IST
While questioning the measures taken and the method of policing adopted by Delhi Police for the extensive ‘crime mapping’ exercise conducted here, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday said ‘no woman feels safe in the capital’.
A division bench of justice BD Ahmed and justice Siddharth Mridul was informed by the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DLSA) that the rate of such crimes have not reduced since the crime mapping was done last year.
‘Your measures are not working. No woman feels safe in the capital,’ the bench remarked after the Delhi Police said the rate of crimes against women has increased but their reporting too has gone up.
The crime mapping had yielded positive results in terms of the data acquired on rapes, molestation,
and harassment and on the pockets where crimes of such nature occur more frequently than others.
It had identified 44 ‘red-flagged’ areas in Delhi, where the court had asked Delhi Police to take immediate action in terms of better policing, gender sensitisation and public awareness programmes.
The court, which is looking to get result-oriented action from Delhi Police, expressed displeasure at its failure to analyse the data made available by ‘crime mapping’ and tackling the problems according to the areas. It directed the police to submit a status report within two weeks indicating the measures they have taken after the crime mapping and the result of these measures.
A division bench of justice BD Ahmed and justice Siddharth Mridul was informed by the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DLSA) that the rate of such crimes have not reduced since the crime mapping was done last year.
‘Your measures are not working. No woman feels safe in the capital,’ the bench remarked after the Delhi Police said the rate of crimes against women has increased but their reporting too has gone up.
The crime mapping had yielded positive results in terms of the data acquired on rapes, molestation,
and harassment and on the pockets where crimes of such nature occur more frequently than others.
It had identified 44 ‘red-flagged’ areas in Delhi, where the court had asked Delhi Police to take immediate action in terms of better policing, gender sensitisation and public awareness programmes.
The court, which is looking to get result-oriented action from Delhi Police, expressed displeasure at its failure to analyse the data made available by ‘crime mapping’ and tackling the problems according to the areas. It directed the police to submit a status report within two weeks indicating the measures they have taken after the crime mapping and the result of these measures.
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