Today morning while watching the news channel in cafeteria,
I saw this headlines “Nirbhaya ki 3 saal barsi”. The second thought which came
in my mind is “Hypocrite society” in which we live.
Whole nation was mourning and was talking about how gruesome
and heinous crime these rapist have committed. People were suggesting the
strictest and even barbaric punishments for them. Agreed. Your anger is valid
and rightly, it should be there in you, after listening the horrifying &
nerve chilling story of “Nirbhaya”.
But then what disturbs me more is, even after “Nirbhaya” episode
this country have seen many rapes. Some national statistics are shown below. The
following numbers are cumulative figures for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Type
|
Cases Registered
|
Cases convicted
|
Persons arrested
|
Persons Convicted
|
Pending trials (End
of 2013)
|
States
|
79706
|
11980
|
98,350
|
16457
|
93,356
|
UTs
|
3130
|
756
|
3760
|
980
|
2375
|
Total (All-India)
|
82836
|
12736
|
102110
|
17437
|
95731
|
https://factly.in/rape-cases-in-india-statistics-has-anything-changed-after-the-nirbhaya-incident-part-1/
It is worth noting
that
- § Eighty two thousand eight hundred and thirty six (82,836) Cases were registered over three years that is 2011, 2012 and 2013.
- § Over the last three years, 75 cases of Rape were registered every day across the country.
- § That is an average of 3 cases being registered every hour.
- § On an average over the three years, 93 persons were arrested every day on charges of rape.
- § That is an average of 4 persons being arrested every hour.
- § There are Ninety Five thousand Seven hundred and Thirty one (95731) Pending trials as of 2013 in courts all over the country.
Year on Year Comparative
Analysis
Year
|
Cases registered
|
Cases Registered
per day
|
Cases convicted
|
Cases Convicted per
day
|
Persons arrested
|
Persons arrested
per day
|
Cases registered
per 1 lakh women
|
2011
|
24206
|
66
|
4072
|
11
|
28878
|
80
|
4
|
2012
|
24923
|
68
|
3563
|
9
|
31117
|
85
|
4
|
2013
|
33707
|
92
|
5101
|
14
|
42115
|
115
|
5
|
Average
|
27612
|
76
|
4245
|
12
|
34037
|
93
|
4
|
Year
|
Persons convicted
|
Persons Convicted
Per day
|
Conviction Rate in
%
|
Pending trials
|
2011
|
5724
|
15
|
26.4
|
79476
|
2012
|
4821
|
13
|
24.2
|
86032
|
2013
|
6892
|
19
|
27.1
|
95731
|
Average
|
5812
|
16
|
26
|
—
|
It is worth noting that
- § From the year 2011 to 2012 the number of cases registered increased by 3%. But from 2012 to 2013 the number of cases saw a big jump of increase by 35%. The public outrage that followed the Nirbhaya incident seems to have had at least one concrete positive outcome, i.e. increased reporting of crimes.
- § The cases convicted over the years 2011 to 2012 saw a decline of 12.5% even though the number of cases saw a marginal increase over the two years. Then again from 2012 to 2013 the number of cases convicted rose by 43%.
- § The number of persons arrested from 2011 to 2012 rose by 7.75% and following the trend of substantial rise of figures from 2012 to 2013, number of persons arrested increased by 35% from 2012 to 2013
- § The number of persons convicted declined by 15% from 2011 to 2012 and rose significantly by 43% from 2012 to 2013
- § The highest conviction rate in the three years is observed for 2013 which is 12% over the 2012 conviction rate.
- § Pending Trials have only increased year by year. Despite setting up Fast track courts after the Nirbhaya incident, the pending trials have not shown any decline from 2012 to 2013.
- § Number of cases registered per 1 lakh women remained constant at around 4 cases for 2011 and 2012 and it went up to 5 cases per 1 lakh women which again clearly shows the trend of increased reporting of crimes.
- § On an average 93 persons were arrested per day over the period of 2011 to 2013.
- § With respect to trials completed in a year , 16 persons were convicted every day on an average for the years 2011-2013
In Focus – Delhi
In the recent years, Delhi has earned
itself the reputation of being the ‘Rape Capital’. While this claim cannot be
completely refuted, the data does not suggest otherwise.
Cases Registered
Year
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Total
|
Average
|
Cases Registered
|
572
|
706
|
1636
|
2914
|
971
|
Change from previous year
|
–
|
23.40%
|
131%
|
–
|
–
|
Deviation from Average
|
-41%
|
-27%
|
68%
|
–
|
–
|
(Deviation from Average: This is the percentage by which a certain value varies with
respect to its corresponding average. If the value is greater than the average
then it results in a positive deviation and if the value is lesser than the
average then it results in negative deviation)
It is worth noting that
- § On an average 3 cases of rape were registered per day in Delhi from 2011 to 2013.
- § Post the Nirbhaya incident, the number cases of rape reported in Delhi in 2013 more than doubled from the previous year i.e. 2012.
- § The total number of cases registered in Delhi over the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 are 3.6% of the total number of cases registered across India while the female population of Delhi is a mere 1.33% of the total female population in India.
- § The number of Registered Rape cases in Delhi increased slightly from 2011 to 2012 by 23%. The effect of Nirbhaya incident is clearly visible from the change in cases registered in 2013 compared to 2012. The number of cases registered in 2013 increased by 131% compared to 2012.
- § The number of registered cases in 2011 and 2012 were much lesser than the average number of cases registered over the three years .The number of cases registered in 2013 is 68% more than the average cases registered in those years.
Cases Registered Per 1 Lakh
Women
Year
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Average
|
Cases registered per 1 lakh women
|
7
|
9
|
21
|
12
|
Change from previous year
|
–
|
28.50%
|
133.30%
|
–
|
Deviation From Average
|
-41%
|
-25%
|
75%
|
–
|
It is worth noting that
§
From 2011 to 2012 the number of cases
registered per 1 lakh women increased by 28.5% and from 2012 to 2013 it went up
by 133%.
§
When compared to the average number of
cases registered per 1 lakh women over the three years, the 2013 figure is 75%
more. With the analysis of each parameter, the fact that reporting of crimes
increased substantially post the Nirbhaya tragedy is reinforced.
Conviction Rate
Year
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Case conviction
Rate for the three years
|
Case Conviction Rate (in %)
|
41.5
|
49.3
|
35.7
|
42
|
It is worth noting that
- § Case conviction rate increased from 2011 to 2012 and then again declined from 2012 to 2013.
- § For the three years on an average, 42% of the cases that completed trials resulted in conviction in the case of Delhi.
- § Conviction rate in Delhi rose by 18% from 2011 to 2012, but it declined by 27% from 2012 to 2013.
So after reading these statistics many many questions arises in my mind, who are these two
thousand and ninety one people in Delhi who committed rapes post Nirbhaya? And who
are these Eighty two thousand people in whole India? Where were all these
during Nirbhaya episode? Had they also read about Nirbhaya case? Didn’t they
felt same anger and hatred for those rapist? And still they raped someone, in
some cases even children were not spared.
Most important question: Weren’t these eighty two thousand
people part of our society? Obviously they were part of our own society, living
in neighborhood or in same state and in same country.
So, what is wrong with our society that we are breeding rapists?
(I am talking about only this one crime. There are many criminals which also
comes from this society itself)
Let’s do some serious self-analyzation. We belong to a
society, a society is group of individuals who are more or less similar to each
other and ordered community, which has its accepted generic norms, cultural
values and beliefs. Which are more or less similar.
Now let us talk about culture, what is our culture inspired
from? It is inspired from religious beliefs & values. From the Kings &
rulers who ruled us in history, some culture was given to us by them, when
people from various parts of world mingle together there is little exchange of
culture here and there.
Our culture was predominantly inspired from Hindu mythology
and what we have seen in that is good & bad things which are mythological.
And how it is depicted, the status of women in these mythological chapters? How
these women were treated then?
We have seen first molestation episode in Mahabharta, where
Dushasan molested Draupadi, his own sister in law, that too in public. And do
not forget that her draupadis husband too treated her as objects, and that is
the reason they used here in gambling to save themselves from losing, for sake
of their own pride & ego they gambled dignity and self-respect of their
wife. What do we understand from this? That you treat your wife as object, use
her to save your own ego and respect.
And you can molest your relative, you can molest for fun,
you can molest anybody’s wife to teach them lesson or to beat them in some
game, you can “win” a women, and if you “win” her you have right to molest her
in public also.
Ramayan also shows, Ravan kidnapped someone else’s wife whom
he liked, but he never molested her. It was more about dominance & aggression
then lust. After Ram, brought her back home, he still doubted her character,
for sake of the society and his respect in society he asks Sita to give “angi
Pariksha” to prove that she is “pure”. What does this means? That if women is
kidnapped by some men she becomes impure? Or if some women is raped or molested
she becomes impure? Why women is blamed or accused? What was her mistake?
Now come back to present, if a girl is raped, we blame her
(we meaning society), no one will want to marry her, because she is now “impure”
isn't it similar behaviour that we saw in Ramayana?
A girl gets kidnapped and raped in moving car, isn't this
similar to Ravan kidnapping sita (though he never molested her)
A boy befriends a girl on social networking site, invites
her to meet and “wins” her, later she is molested and raped by her own
boyfriend and his friends, isn't this similar to molesting draupadi for fun. Because
they had “won” her.
Rape is not only about sex or lust. It is more about
dominance & power. It is about aggression and superiority. Rapist does not
wants to be get rejected, in his mind he is superior and he can dominate a
victim and rapes her. It is about his ego, male ego. And from where does this
concept of male ego comes from?
It’s not only about Hindu mythology, even in Muslim
mythology, women is always treated as secondary and weaker section of society.
Virtually she does not have any say or hold over things (some Muslim dominated
countries does not even give them rights to drive or vote)
Point is not which religious mythology you read or believe
or know, point is why women is treated secondary, when will this society starts
accepting the gender equality.
It is also not true that, always women was treated
secondary, there were some great kings & revolutionary leaders who were
real men, I real men! Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a greatest Maratha warrior
taught how to respect and treat a women, because he was trained by his mother,
Jijamata.
Mahatma Phule went against all religious odds & rituals
to educate his own wife and also other women in society, and because of Mahatma
Jyotirao & Savitribai Phule today women are allowed to get educated.
Dr. Ambedkar fought single handedly for Hindu Code bill, and
he fought against orthodox Hindus only, to give Hindu women rights to inherit
properties and other working rights which were earlier denied by her own
culture and society.
And there are many more such great men who gave more importance
to educate & empower women, who tried to change the mindset and because of
them today we talk about gender equality.
But I am optimistic, change can happen, that should start
from our home, treat your mother, sister, wife or any female in your house
respectfully. Kids learn what they see in their home. Do not stereotype a girl
or guy, let’s not be a house where you laugh on boys who cry and scold a girl
who plays cricket or who is outspoken among her siblings.
Educate children on sexual abuses, molestations. Teach them
how to raise alarm in such cases and how to discuss these things with your
parents. Teach your boy to treat a girl respectfully, this will happen only if
he sees his father treating his mother or sister respectfully. But is that I am
saying something very different, people too know these things, everyone knows
this, but very few actually bother to implement this.
Lets us stay away from all negativities: Anger, Hatred, Jealousy & Lust.
Find any way or method to be away from these negativities. This is primary cause for any crime that happens. This makes people inhuman.
Nevertheless, let us start this from now. Let us hope these numbers will go down sharply and will reach zero.
