Jun 09 2008
Delhi is India’s crime capital!
Crime graph is showing a steep increase in capital city from last few months. It becomes the crime capital of India. The streets of Delhi are not really considered safe for a midnight stroll. Lack of resources, police-criminal nexus and slow judicial process are attributed to be some of the reasons behind the rising crime graph as said by the experts.
“The main reason for the increasing crime graph is primarily absence of resources and attitude of keeping figures low,” says retired super cop Kiran Bedi.
Social activist Swami Agnivesh says, social and economic disparity coupled with “nexus between criminals and police” along with a “slow judicial process” act as a catalyst in increasing crime graph.
“Delhi has become a ‘mayanagri’ of artificial development. There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor. About one-third of the city population lives in slums. They live in inhuman conditions devoid of any basic amenities. In these inhuman conditions crime flourishes,” says the Swami.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) executed its current report by The Union Home Ministry and has listed Delhi as on the top in incidents of crime in the country for the fifth consecutive year. NCRB says Delhi occupies the top slot for almost all violent crimes, including murder, rape, dowry death, molestation, kidnapping and abduction.
As many as 53,244 criminal cases, including 467 murders, 581 rapes, 1,764 dacoit and other heinous crimes, were registered in Delhi during the year. Murder cases have been increased by 1.22 per cent in 2007 from 493 to 499. The NCRB report says India become the country where maximum number of murders take place in the world.
In 2006-07 India recorded 32,719 incidences of murder. The numbers in the US was 16,692 murders and 9,631 in Pakistan. The report also reveals that of the people arrested in rape cases, 340 were neighbors, 94 were friends and 62 were relatives. Only in 10 cases, the accused were strangers.
Psychiatrist Samir Parekh says that people become habitual all the crimes. He blamed the long judicial process which encourages criminals to commit a crime. Due to the long period of execution of the cases people can easily get away with after committing a crime.
“Owing to the vast socio-economic disparity, there is an aggression among the people. This aggression has not properly been dealt with which results in the growth of criminal psychology among the masses.” He said.
