The report of the 189th Standing Committee on Home Ministry tabled in Parliament today took note of several steps taken by Delhi Police which included no harassment of complainant or victims of sexual assault cases and having a round-the-clock women's help desk and deploying 10 to 15 personnel in every police station to take care of women- related crime.
The committee noted that Delhi Police took several steps post December 16, 2012 to curb crime against women, including instilling confidence in girls through various gender sensitisation programmes and propagating fear of law among sexual offenders.
On a related issue, Delhi Police gave a graphical and statistical representation that majority of rapes amounting to 96.7 per cent were carried out by relatives and acquaintances of the victims and the remaining by strangers.
The committee also did not concur with the idea of Home Ministry that the responsibility to prevent the crime against women lies with the society as the crime against women are committed by people known to the victims.
"The Committee, therefore, strongly recommends that Delhi Police instead of shrugging off its responsibilities towards preventing crimes against women must chalk out effective and resilient strategy to combat crimes against women," the report said.