Rape cases rise in HP, more women police stations promised

Rape cases have increased in Himachal Pradesh in the first half of 2014 as compared to the same period last year, DGP Sanjay Kumar said today as he listed out steps, including setting up of women police stations, to reduce crime against women.
While the overall number of cases of crime against women had reduced marginally from 729 to 725, the number of cases of rapes had increased from 111 to 129 during the said periods, he said.
The DGP also disclosed that in 63 cases of rape this year, victims were minor and in 95.4 per cent cases, the accused were known to the victims.

The number of cases of cruelty against women jumped from 147 last year (till June) to 170 in the corresponding period this year. However, there was a marked decrease in cases of molestation and eve teasing, down from 57 and 234 to 34 and 208 respectively, Kumar said.
Notably, no dowry case was registered in first half of 2013 and 2014 but cases of murder involving women increased from 14 to 18, registering an increase of 29 per cent.
The increase in registration of criminal cases was seven per cent and 8,118 cases were registered till June 30, 2014, against 7,590 cases in 2013. The increase of 528 cases this year is attributed to cases registered under NDPS Act and Excise and Taxation Act, he told reporters here.

Significantly 85 per cent of the murder cases have been solved, Kumar observed.