Agartala: Director General of Tripura Police C Balasubramanian today blamed television channels for increasing incidents of crime against women not only in the state but also across the country.
Talking to media here Balasubramanian said, ‘In most of the cases it is found that the perpetrators had learnt the lessons of rape, molestations and atrocities on women from television serials and depiction.
‘The values of traditional Indian society are diminishing rapidly (as shown) in television stories where women are being portrayed as commodity, leaving aside the respect toward the ladies,’ Subramanian pointed out.
He however, stated that there was a steady growth in crime against women over the past three years and statistics showed as many as 1706 cases of women related crime including 232 cases of rape and 409 case of outraging the modesty had been registered in last year, which was 1650 and 1503 respectively in 2012 and 2011.
Referring to rape cases and cases registered under IPC section 498 (A), he maintained that during investigation it had been established dispute over love affairs and mutual sexual relationship were reported to police as harassment or molestation but at the trial the case dismissed.
Justifying the poor conviction rate at 11.5 percent in 2013, Balasubramanian said it declined from 14.9 percent and 14 percent respectively in 2012 and 2013 but was still higher than major eastern Indian states.
He claimed that according to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), conviction rate in Tripura is higher than that of Assam, Odisha and West Bengal where criminal activities had been reported to police.
But except Assam and Tripura, the percentage of police cases was very low in other northeastern states and as a result, conviction rate appeared to be high.
He however, said to increase the conviction rate police had adopted the method of investigation like CBI where Investigation Officer would decide to follow up the case with all other agencies and individuals till disposal of the case besides, monthly meeting with public prosecutors, especially on women related crime. (UNI)
