The
Times of India: Ahmedabad: Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
An
application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act filed with the state
police by a city-based group revealed that in 95 per cent of the total cases of
crime against women between 2001 and 2009, the investigation is either pending
with the courts or is abandoned due to lack of any further leads.
Citizen
Resource and Action Initiative (CRANTI) had filed an RTI in 2009 with the state
police to know number of crimes against women in various districts, how many of
the persons were arrested in connection with these cases and what actions have
been taken to prevent cases such as robbery and rape.
Bharatsinh
Zala, a CRANTI member, said that the data revealed that in nine years between
2001 and 2009, the state reported 2,569 cases of rape, 1,664 cases of robbery
(like chain snatching), and 2,177 murders of women. Ahmedabad city has reported
the highest number of rapes (317) and robberies (849).
"Interestingly,
we got to know that the inquiry and judicial process is over in only 3 per cent
of the total cases. While many of the cases are still under investigation, in
most of the cases, especially robbery, the investigators have shown lack of any
further progress. In cases such as rape, the number of pending cases is
alarming," said Zala.
He added that
they had to appeal to the state information commission to get the data that was
not provided to them in stipulated time.
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