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Crime against women, rapes up in Delhi

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New Delhi: Delhi has witnessed an 18.3 percent rise in crime against women in 2014 as compared to 2013, with a whooping 31.6 percent rise in rape cases, police said Friday.

A staggering 14,687 cases were registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) up to Dec 15, 2014, up from 12,410 in the previous year.

Police data also revealed that 2,069 cases of rape were registered in 2014 compared to 1,571 cases in 2013.

Of the rape cases, 420 accused were the neighbours of the victims. A total of 919 accused were friends or family friends, 283 people were relatives, 66 were employers or co-workers and 298 were otherwise known to the victim. Only 84 accused were strangers in the all rape cases.

In 586 of the rape cases, accused were in live-in relationship or they refused to marry the victim.

A total of 4,179 molestation cases were reported in 2014 against 3,345 were reported in 2013.

The cases of harassment stood at 1,282 in 2014 compared to 879 in 2013, while the cases of dowry death touched 147 in 2014 as compared to 137 in 2013.

On measures to help women, Police Commissioner B.S.Bassi said: “At least 859 patrol vans are stationed 24×7 with instructions to assist women returning late at nights or if stranded.

“Motorcycle patrols and emergency response vehicles are deployed with focus on women security. Deployment of police personnel is kept around girls’ school and colleges at the time of opening and closing.”

In addition to the measures taken by the force to protect women, every woman in Delhi would be trained in self-defence, he said.

He said that 15,583 girls were trained in the self-defence training course during 2014.

“We appeal to everyone to join hands with us so that every woman in Delhi gets trained in self- defence. I want every woman to have a brown belt in judo,” said Bassi at the Delhi Police’s annual press conference.

“For this we also plan to conduct mapping of Delhi so that we can choose the areas from where the women will be trained,” he added.

Bassi also emphasised on the fact that to reduce the number of crime against women, the “mindset of the society” needs to be changed.

 

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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