Shame city: 16 Dec didn’t change Delhi!
11 Sept 2013 5:17 AM IST
India’s capital, made infamous after the 16 December gang rape and several such incidents after that, recorded a staggering 1,036 rape cases in the first eight months of 2013, according to police data. The figure is the highest in the last 10 years.
Between 1 January and 15 August, Delhi recorded 1,036 rape cases, of which the police was able to make arrests in 88 per cent of the cases within a few days, data compiled by the crime branch shows.
In fact, 393 rape cases were recorded in the first quarter between 1 January and 31 March. This was more than double the 152 cases recorded in the corresponding period of 2012.
In the next four-and-half months, between 1 April and 15 August, the number further went up to 643. Against this, 661 cases had been reported between 1 January to 15 December, 2012 as compared to 564 cases in the corresponding period of 2011. In 2010, 507 rape cases had been registered as compared to 469 in 2009. In 2008, the figure was 466, while in 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 the figures were 598, 623, 658, 551, and 490 respectively.
Police said their investigations have shown that over 90 per cent of crimes against women were committed by those known to the victims, while a small per cent of the accused were strangers.
‘In most of the rape cases, the accused were known to the victims and this makes prevention of such crimes comparatively more difficult,’ a police officer said, on condition of anonymity.
According to the officer, post 16 December, Delhi police has been continuously making efforts to spread awareness amongst various sections of the society through ‘Parivartan’, a campaign aimed at ensuring the safety of women in Delhi, and also steadily increasing visibility of women police officers in select police stations, Police Control Room (PCR) vans and motorcycle patrols to curb crimes against women.
‘We immediately file rape cases when a victim comes to us. Special care is taken in such investigations. We give emphasis on collecting scientific evidence and all such investigations are carried by women police officers,’ Delhi police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of rape cases registered in India increased by a startling 870 per cent, from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011. This is more than three times the increase in the number of murder cases in the last 60 years.
Between 1 January and 15 August, Delhi recorded 1,036 rape cases, of which the police was able to make arrests in 88 per cent of the cases within a few days, data compiled by the crime branch shows.
In fact, 393 rape cases were recorded in the first quarter between 1 January and 31 March. This was more than double the 152 cases recorded in the corresponding period of 2012.
In the next four-and-half months, between 1 April and 15 August, the number further went up to 643. Against this, 661 cases had been reported between 1 January to 15 December, 2012 as compared to 564 cases in the corresponding period of 2011. In 2010, 507 rape cases had been registered as compared to 469 in 2009. In 2008, the figure was 466, while in 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 the figures were 598, 623, 658, 551, and 490 respectively.
Police said their investigations have shown that over 90 per cent of crimes against women were committed by those known to the victims, while a small per cent of the accused were strangers.
‘In most of the rape cases, the accused were known to the victims and this makes prevention of such crimes comparatively more difficult,’ a police officer said, on condition of anonymity.
According to the officer, post 16 December, Delhi police has been continuously making efforts to spread awareness amongst various sections of the society through ‘Parivartan’, a campaign aimed at ensuring the safety of women in Delhi, and also steadily increasing visibility of women police officers in select police stations, Police Control Room (PCR) vans and motorcycle patrols to curb crimes against women.
‘We immediately file rape cases when a victim comes to us. Special care is taken in such investigations. We give emphasis on collecting scientific evidence and all such investigations are carried by women police officers,’ Delhi police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of rape cases registered in India increased by a startling 870 per cent, from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011. This is more than three times the increase in the number of murder cases in the last 60 years.
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