Overall crime dips in Hyderabad, but spike in rape cases
The Hindu
There has been an increase in crime against women and children in 2021, says Commissioner of Police
The Hyderabad Police Commissionerate has seen a spike in rape cases the present year when compared to the lockdown-hit 2020 and the previous year.
“As many as 328 rape cases have been reported during the period at review, out of which 95% of the rapes are cases among known people out of love, promise to marry and not marrying, and only in three cases the accused were ‘strangers’ to the victims,” said Commissioner of Police Anjani Kumar on Wednesday.
Addressing his fourth annual crime round-up on the Gibraltar rock in Hussainsagar Lake, where the world’s tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha is erected, Mr Kumar, in the scorching heat, claimed that Hyderabad is the safest city and number of crimes when compared to other major cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, have been consistently subdued over a period of time.