Ghaziabad: While there was a whole decay at the crime rate in this district last year, partly due to the pandemic of Coronavirus and subsequent locking, cases of crime against women in Ghaziabad dropped sharply – by 57% – between 2019 and 2020.
According to data released by the recording bureau National Crime (NCRB), the number of cases registered under the Indian Criminal Code (IPC) and special and local law (SLL) has dropped to 341 years ago against 793 cases recorded in the previous year.
During the same period, national capital registered a mold of almost 20% in case – 10,093 cases of crime because of women registered in Delhi last year while around 13,340 cases were recorded in 2019.
Senior Pantan Kumar (SSP) Ghaziabad said the decline “significant” In crimes against women can be attributed to the police better by officials and restrictions on Covid even when some activists ask if “decreases” are real.
“The restriction of induced pandemics must have a role to be played in reducing cases of crime against women but the determination of the state government and zero-tolerance policy in these cases has a cascading effect.
And this cannot be damaged, covid or no covid,” said SSP to Toi.
He added no one could change overnight.
“The sensitization of the police against women who began to say 10 years ago, now shows results,” Kumar said.
In accordance with the NCRB data, released on September 15, among a total of 341 cases of crime against women in 2020, atrocity by a husband or relatives formed a big chunk in 104, while the kidnapping case or kidnapping female to force the number 65 and Dowry Deaths 11.
While there was a decline Sharp, more than 65%, in attack on women with intention to be angry at its politeness (68 cases in 2020 compared to 197 in 2019), it remained the second highest of the total crime cases against women who were registered last year in the district.
Twenty rape cases were recorded last year when 59 such cases were registered in 2019.
In 2020, the case of a child rape (up to 18 years), was registered under the protection of children from sexual violations (Pocso), down 62% – 53 Cases were reported in 2019 and 20 years ago.
A total of 63 girls, meanwhile, became victims of kidnapping and kidnapping with the intention to force to get married and 42 others were reported sexually attacked by 2020 compared to 101 and 55 cases, respectively, registered with the Uttar Pradesh Country Chairman of the Women’s Commission Vimla Batham The state government of the state has produced steps such as the Anti-Romeo team, the Pink Police Office, and a women’s health table, which has the desired effect in controlling crimes against women in the district.
Mala Bhandari, the founder of NOGO based on social NGOs and group development (SADRAG), which advocates women’s rights, however, disagree.
“Pandemic saw the whole machine collapsed one after another and we were led to believe that during Covid-19, by 2020, the recovery system for crimes against women worked well.
This is something I am not ready to accept and that crimes against women below are reported In 2020, which had produced NCRB data showed a decrease in the case, “Bhandari said, adding that the data compiled by the NCRB was” official “data.
“Street crime against women has decreased during covid restrictions for clear reasons but this is equally crime against women within the boundaries of houses, for example, cruelty by her husband or relatives, must have increased,” he added.
Ghaziabad has a total population of 23.5 lakh, where 11.1 lakh of them women, NCRB data states.
The GZB saw 57% dip in crime against women in the pandemic year
