New Delhi, December 01: Over 1,200 women fell prey to criminals in the national capital this year so far but police maintain there is no increase in crime against the fairer sex citing last year’s figure.
The city police say there were a total of 1,240 cases of crime against women — which include murder, molestation, eve-teasing and rape — registering a 12 per cent decline this year so far compared to the first 11 months last year.
According to Delhi Police statistics, there were 414 rapes, 222 eve-teasing and 492 molestation cases and 112 cases of murder of women reported in the city this year as against last year’s total of 1,402 crime against women.
Only murders of women have registered a slight increase while other heads have shown a decline. While 108 women were murdered last year, the number rose to 112 this year till November.
–PTI