New Delhi: The increase in crimes against women could be the cause of concern because Delhi police data showed a 43% increase in the number of reported rape cases between January 1 and June 15 this year relative to the same period.
Cases of persecution rose 39%, while cases of cruelty by husband and in-laws have shown a massive increase of 107%.
The police connected an increase in criminal attacks on women to the Covid-19 pandemic and the conditions they created and showed that in most of these cases, the defendant was a family member or relative of the victims.
The number of rape cases reported until June 15 this year was 833 compared to 580 years ago.
Likewise, cases of persecution rose dramatically from 735 cases between January and June 15 last year to 1,022 cases this year.
Cases under the Law on Dowry and those related to women’s abduction and cruelty by their husbands and in-laws, respectively, increased by 239%, 133% and 107%.
Toi spoke to senior police officers who associated an increase in liftdown.
Explained the increase, an officer said, “If we look at rape, in 2020 of the 1,699 full-year cases, only 580 were reported to June 15.
This is a Covid locking period.
You can then see that after locking, the number of rape cases rises.
This year, there are shorter locking and only limits and nighttime hours enacted, explain the number of larger cases.
“Officers revealed that in most cases of rape, the defendant was known to women or their relatives.
“However, cruel crimes such as murder see a decline of 13% until June 15th in 2020.
While 226 cases were reported last year, the number of cases reported in the same period this year was 196.
The total seizure was recorded by a 4% decline.
Instead, grabbing seeing 43% increase, with 3,829 cases until June 15 this year against 2,612 cases last year.
The police said some criminals were released from Delhi prisons with excessive prisons as anti-covid sizes and even now some have not reported returns and remains lost “we have make efforts to control it.
Some of them were arrested again after committing a new crime, “said an officer uniformed.
Crime against women in Delhi Soar in Covid Times
