New Delhi: Delhi has witnessed around
four rape cases a day in 2013, almost double the rate in 2012, in an
indication that crime against women has not abated in the capital
despite campaigns and stepped up police action. The city witnessed a
total of 181 rapes between January one and February 15, Minister of
State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran told Rajya Sabha in a
written question.
An analysis of figures shows that Delhi witnessed four rapes a
day in the capital during this period while the average for 2012 was
around two. In 2012, the Delhi Police Annual Report said that 706 rape
cases were reported. Last year also saw a 23.43 per cent leap in the
number of rape cases compared to 2011 when it registered 572 such
incidents in the city.
However, police say that the surge in number of rape cases could
not be directly attributed to the law and order situation as more than
97 per cent of rape accused were known to the victims. Last year, in all
the rape cases except 26 cases, the accused were known to the victim -
207 were family members and 200 friends. Of the 706 cases last year,
police say 93.62 per cent of the cases have been solved.
Only last week, the city had witnessed the rape of a seven-year-old
girl in a municipal school in north-west Delhi's Mangolpuri by an
unidentified person. Nobody has been arrested in the case.
The city had in December witnessed a series of protest after the
December 16 gangrape of the girl, who died in Singapore on December 29.
The government had then initiated several measures to ensure safety of
women in the city.
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