New Delhi: The nationwide outrage over rapes of minor girls and crimes against women involving “unnatural sex” have raised concern among the police about the cruel mindset of rapists in the city.
The Delhi police data shows that till March 2018, as many as 28 cases have been registered under Section 377 (unnatural offences) of the Indian Penal Code. From 2015 to March 2018, more than 543 cases of sodomy were registered at various police stations.
The Delhi police has blamed pornography for the rise in such crimes. Shockingly, in more than 40 per cent of the cases, the victims are minor.
In a similar case, in the first week of April, a seven-year-old boy was murdered by his 21-year-old neighbour after he resisted his attempt at sodomy.
The mutilated body, with the eyes gou-ged out and tongue slit, was recovered from a drain passing through Okhla industrial area.
In March, a student of Class 3 was killed by a man for resisting a sodomy attempt in West Delhi’s Ranhola area.
It has been learnt that between 2016 and 2018, more than 350 accused involved in “unnatural offences” were arrested by the police.
Officials have claimed that more than 300 cases were registered with the city police in the same period.
Recently, in a meeting among the top cops of Delhi police, they discussed the rise in number of sodomy cases and the reasons leading to it.
“The investigating officers (IOs) have been asked to keep a track on the behaviour of the accused once he is behind the bars. Also, it has been decided that special counselling will be provided to the accused of unnatural offences as they need proper psychiatric treatment,” a source said, disclosing the minutes of the meeting.
