New Delhi: It has been eight years since the horrific gangrape and murder of a physiotherapy student — who came to be known as Nirbhaya — in south Delhi. 2020 is significant, for the year brought an end to the legal battle between the state and the convicts, who were hanged on March 20.
The Nirbhaya case, however, did not just result in the hanging of the rapist-murderers. It also changed the way Delhi Police dealt with crimes against women.
For one, registration of crime underwent a systemic change, leading to an increase in FIRs filed, from 706 in 2012 to a peak of 2,199 in 2015. This year was safer for women, with just 1,429 cases registered till October 31 against 1,884 last year in the same period.
Police commissioner S N Shrivastava is learnt to have emphasised a zero-tolerance policy in crimes against women, and joint commissioner- and deputy commissioner-rank officers oversee the investigation in these cases, pushing for timely arrests and filing of charge sheets.
This story is from the December 16, 2020 edition of The Times of India Delhi.
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