BHUBANESWAR: The registration of rape cases in the town noticed a sharp increase last yr as compared to 2016, police assets mentioned. While several survivors were conversant in the attackers in the type of romantic relationships long gone bitter, or lured by them via guarantees of marriage, the assets added.
Though the commissionerate police are yet to unencumber their crime statistics for 2017, data procured from the state police headquarters printed that 125 cases of rape were registered in the town last yr, as against 77 in the yr prior to.
In maximum cases, police mentioned, the crime were committed by acquaintances, including that the greater registration of cases didn't indicate that precise incidents of rape had greater. “Most of the rape cases registered right here contain women accusing their former boyfriends or fans of having committed the crime. Consensual bodily intimacy publish elopement have been also commonplace. When their courting broke, women or their family lodged rape court cases,” commissioner of police Y B Khurania mentioned.
The commissionerate police have introduced a sequence of measures to verify the protection of girls. From crimson autorickshaws supposed for female commuters to the ‘Mo Sathi’ app and self-defence programmes for school women, police mentioned they had taken several steps to curb crime against ladies.
Experts mentioned cases of rape wherein the attacker was known to the survivor have been particularly arduous to prevent. “In Odisha, rape seems to be a social crime,” mentioned senior prison legal professional Sidharth Das.
NGOs mentioned parents may just play a pivotal position in preventing the crime. “We regularly come across youngsters of labourers being abused in their houses in the absence in their parents. The govt must establish clusters where labourers reside and ensure better security there. Parents must ensure the protection in their youngsters prior to leaving them by myself,” mentioned Anuradha Mohanty of Pecuc, a voluntary group.
Recently, leader minister Naveen Patnaik and director-general of police R P Sharma praised the crime control mechanism of commissionerate police and asked the officers to behave as position models for other police divisions. Registered homicide cases in the town got here down to 29 last yr from 47 in 2016, cases of robbery dropped from 201 to 193 and the ones of housebreaking dipped to 222 last yr, as compared to 250 in 2016.
Though the commissionerate police are yet to unencumber their crime statistics for 2017, data procured from the state police headquarters printed that 125 cases of rape were registered in the town last yr, as against 77 in the yr prior to.
In maximum cases, police mentioned, the crime were committed by acquaintances, including that the greater registration of cases didn't indicate that precise incidents of rape had greater. “Most of the rape cases registered right here contain women accusing their former boyfriends or fans of having committed the crime. Consensual bodily intimacy publish elopement have been also commonplace. When their courting broke, women or their family lodged rape court cases,” commissioner of police Y B Khurania mentioned.
The commissionerate police have introduced a sequence of measures to verify the protection of girls. From crimson autorickshaws supposed for female commuters to the ‘Mo Sathi’ app and self-defence programmes for school women, police mentioned they had taken several steps to curb crime against ladies.
Experts mentioned cases of rape wherein the attacker was known to the survivor have been particularly arduous to prevent. “In Odisha, rape seems to be a social crime,” mentioned senior prison legal professional Sidharth Das.
NGOs mentioned parents may just play a pivotal position in preventing the crime. “We regularly come across youngsters of labourers being abused in their houses in the absence in their parents. The govt must establish clusters where labourers reside and ensure better security there. Parents must ensure the protection in their youngsters prior to leaving them by myself,” mentioned Anuradha Mohanty of Pecuc, a voluntary group.
Recently, leader minister Naveen Patnaik and director-general of police R P Sharma praised the crime control mechanism of commissionerate police and asked the officers to behave as position models for other police divisions. Registered homicide cases in the town got here down to 29 last yr from 47 in 2016, cases of robbery dropped from 201 to 193 and the ones of housebreaking dipped to 222 last yr, as compared to 250 in 2016.
'Broken' love stories give rise to rape cases in Bhubaneswar
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