Delhi Records 40 Cases Of Crimes Against Women Every Day

NEW DELHI: The national capital records 40 cases of crimes against women every day and the highest among these are of rape, molestation and sexual harassment in public, known in local parlance as eve-teasing, official data shows. While the figures have risen over the last year, Delhi Police claim to have solved over 90 percent of the cases.

The compilation of data by Delhi Police, a copy of which is available with IANS, shows that 11,683 cases of crimes against women were registered between Jan 1 and Oct 20 against 10,064 cases registered during the same period last year - an increase of 16 percent.

Despite the furore in the wake of the Dec 16, 2012, gang- rape, there has been a record 35 percent rise with 1,794 rapes being reported this year against 1,330 last year.

Delhi saw numerous street campaigns, especially by the young, in 2012 after a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was gang-raped by six people, including a minor, in a moving bus. She later died in a Singapore hospital where she was airlifted for specialised treatment.

Police statistics also show that the number of molestation and eve-teasing cases has increased as well.

Delhi recorded over 3,450 cases of molestation and 1,024 cases of eve-teasing this year as against 2,544 and 793 cases last year.

There was a reduction in domestic violence cases, with 2,370 registered this year compared to 2,457 last year.

As for kidnappings, 2,563 cases were registered this year against 2,553 cases last year.

The number of abductions and dowry deaths also rose, with 311 and 131 cases registered this year against last year's 253 and 123 cases.

The police, however, claimed that 90 percent of the cases registered in the last nine months had been solved and the culprits arrested.

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