women

Siddaramaiah

South East

Bengaluru

It seems there is a gaping void between virtual and actual reality when it comes to tacklingsafety in the city. With numerousinitiatives ranging from security Apps to pink Hoysalas prowling the city streets, the city police consider women safety as one of their top priorities.However statistics reveal another story. Sample this: if the city cops had 750 molestation cases to probe in 2016, in the first six months of 2017, already 499 molestation cases have been reported. Women safety was one of the main points raised by chief ministerwhen he met senior police officials at the police headquarters on Monday. In 2015, the city police had 652 cases of molestation whereas in 2014 it stood at 585. The city police also registered 67 rape cases till June 30 in 2017 as against 90 cases in 2016 . City police officials say they have been taking numerous pro-active measures: from encouraging abuse survivors to come forward and register complaints to conducting interactive sessions with students to taking feedback from them to re-draw strategies.“Besides increasing patrolling in identified areas, we have been asking civic authorities to light up dark stretches in residential and commercial areas,” said S Boralingaiah, Deputy Commissioner (),city police. The delay in ensuring justice to victims is also pointed out as a major shortcoming of the criminal justice system. As many as 1,156 cases registered in Bengaluru city are still pending trial.