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41% rape cases turn out to be false complaints, says Rajasthan DGP

Director General of Police Umesh Mishra was demystifying the statistical data which places the State in the top in terms of the number of rape cases across the country. He said that 41 per cent of the total registered rape cases are found unproven in Rajasthan whereas the national average is 8 percent.

Out of the total registered rape cases in the Rajasthan, 41% are found to be fake which is five times the national average which is 8%, said Rajasthan's Director General of Police Umesh Mishra on Monday.
Director General of Police Umesh Mishra was demystifying the statistical data which places the State in the top in terms of the number of rape cases across the country.
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Published : Jan 17, 2023, 10:07 AM IST

Jaipur: Out of the total registered rape cases in the Rajasthan, 41% are found to be fake which is five times the national average which is 8%, according to Rajasthan's Director General of Police Umesh Mishra. Umesh was taking questions from the reporters on the sidelines of a crime review meeting.

The DGP said, "There is also a misconception that Rajasthan ranks first in India in cases of rape, whereas the truth is that Madhya Pradesh ranks first and Rajasthan ranks second. Also, the reason for Rajasthan's second place is 'uninterrupted registration'. 41% of the total registered rape cases are found unproven in Rajasthan whereas the national average is 8 percent."

Umesh said that the state police are working with the aim of providing accountable, transparent, and sensitive police administration to the people's respect, life, and property. He said that the police took quick action and did a thorough investigation in the cases of POCSO Act/rape, due to which in the last year 2022, the accused in such cases were sentenced to death in five such cases. In 209 cases, rigorous imprisonment of upto 20 years was awarded to criminals.

Umesh said that the Rajasthan government has given importance to the 'uninterrupted registration' of FIR from June 2019 for complainants. This has now yielded positive results. In the year 2018, 30.5 per cent of rape cases were registered through the court, which has now come down to only 14.4 per cent.

Despite foreshadowing the criticism of increasing the registration figure, we did not think of bypassing the policy of uninterrupted registration but tried to strengthen it further. During this period, the police took action against the officers in 18 cases who did not register FIRs, Umesh said. He said that according to the data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in rape cases, the conviction percentage of Rajasthan state is 47.9, which is much higher than the national level conviction percentage of 28.6.

Jaipur: Out of the total registered rape cases in the Rajasthan, 41% are found to be fake which is five times the national average which is 8%, according to Rajasthan's Director General of Police Umesh Mishra. Umesh was taking questions from the reporters on the sidelines of a crime review meeting.

The DGP said, "There is also a misconception that Rajasthan ranks first in India in cases of rape, whereas the truth is that Madhya Pradesh ranks first and Rajasthan ranks second. Also, the reason for Rajasthan's second place is 'uninterrupted registration'. 41% of the total registered rape cases are found unproven in Rajasthan whereas the national average is 8 percent."

Umesh said that the state police are working with the aim of providing accountable, transparent, and sensitive police administration to the people's respect, life, and property. He said that the police took quick action and did a thorough investigation in the cases of POCSO Act/rape, due to which in the last year 2022, the accused in such cases were sentenced to death in five such cases. In 209 cases, rigorous imprisonment of upto 20 years was awarded to criminals.

Umesh said that the Rajasthan government has given importance to the 'uninterrupted registration' of FIR from June 2019 for complainants. This has now yielded positive results. In the year 2018, 30.5 per cent of rape cases were registered through the court, which has now come down to only 14.4 per cent.

Despite foreshadowing the criticism of increasing the registration figure, we did not think of bypassing the policy of uninterrupted registration but tried to strengthen it further. During this period, the police took action against the officers in 18 cases who did not register FIRs, Umesh said. He said that according to the data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in rape cases, the conviction percentage of Rajasthan state is 47.9, which is much higher than the national level conviction percentage of 28.6.

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