its main aim was to track criminals - nothing being done in that direction
track crime - only fir being registered
track crime - only fir being registered
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
where children are abused most in india?
this article from indian express tries to pick some insight from NCRB data, but what is missing is granular research like - gender profiling of kids, which industry register more cases & geographical spread, at what time in day abuse happened, & after how many days abuse was reported
INDICATING the extent of exploitation involved in child labour, latest government statistics show that over 25 per cent of rapes on children last year were committed by their employers and co-workers.
According to data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2015, 8,800 cases of rape on children were registered across the country under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). In 2,227 cases, or 25.3 per cent, the offenders were found to be employers or co-workers.
This is the first time that NCRB has tabulated data in terms of the relationship of the victim and the accused in cases involving rape. The data also shows that less than two per cent of rapes committed on women in 2015 happened at the workplace.
In the case of children, the data reveals:
# Neighbours were the biggest abusers in such cases in 2015 — 3,149 (35.8%).
# In over 10 per cent of cases last year, children were subjected to rape by their own family members or relatives.
# In 94.8 per cent of cases, children were subjected to rape by someone known to them.
# 14,913 cases were registered under POCSO in 2015.
Amod Kanth, former police officer and founder of Prayas, an NGO that works for the protection of children, called the data “alarming” but “not surprising”. “Children are more vulnerable at the workplace, compared to women. Children work under elders who are in complete command of the work environment. They also work in homes or in closed environments as full-time help. There is no escape and chances of exploitation are high,” he said.
Kanth said that in such cases, boys are as frequently abused as girls. “When we conducted a national study on child abuse in 2007, along with the Ministry of Women and Child Development, we found that there were as many male victims of child abuse as female,” he said.
A similar set of data on women in 2015, compiled by the NCRB, shows that they were most vulnerable to assault by neighbours and those promising marriage.
# In 27.4 per cent of rape cases, the offenders were neighbours.
# In 22 per cent of cases, the offenders promised to marry the women but did not.
# In nine per cent of cases, women were subjected to rape by close family members and relatives.
# In 95.5 per cent of rape cases, the offenders were known to the women.
According to the NCRB data, 34,651 rape cases were registered across the country in 2015. In 488 cases, the victim was raped by her grandfather, father, brother or son. Close family members were the offenders in 891 cases and relatives in 1,788 cases.
As many as 557 women were subjected to rape at the hands of their employers or co-workers. In 705 cases, victims accused their live-in partners or former separated husbands of having raped them, the data shows.
Last year also witnessed an overall dip in crime against women and an increase in the case of children. There were 3,27,394 cases registered under crimes against women as compared to 3,37,922 cases in 2014, a dip of 3.1 per cent. But crime against children spiked by 5.3 per cent, from 89,423 in 2014 to 94,172 in 2015. Kidnapping and abduction constituted 44.5 per cent of crimes against children last year.
The high rate of crime, however, does not necessarily show a deteriorating law-and-order situation but may be the result of police registering more cases.
In a state-wise break-up, Tamil Nadu (55 per cent) and Gujarat (over 49 per cent) had the most number of cases of sexual abuse against children at the workplace.
The data also shows law enforcers in poor light. In 2015, only 251 cases of child labour were registered across the country in which 449 children were rescued.
The data on overall crime against women shows Delhi at the top with 17,104 cases, and a crime rate of 184.3, and Assam with 23,258 cases and a rate of 148.2. Crime rate refers to the number of incidents per one lakh population of the subject group.
In the case of children, too, Delhi leads the way with 9,489 cases and a crime rate of 169.4. Among larger states, Madhya Pradesh comes close with 12,859 cases and a rate of 42.8
Friday, August 26, 2016
Radicalisation of Muslim youth in india
The issue of the radicalisation of Indian Muslims is one that has been gaining momentum for a while now. While some continue to swim in the 'this only happens in other country' sea of denial, others are beginning to grasp the gravity of the situation and suggesting ways to counter it. In an exclusive four-part series on radicalisation in India, Tufail Ahmad examines a variety of conditions and scenarios that have made it possible to radicalise youths in Maharashtra, Hyderabad, Kerala and indeed, India as a whole. The first part of the series follows:
From early 2014 through this year, the radicalisation of Indian Muslims in favour of the Islamic State (or IS) has not ceased, although intelligence agencies have succeeded in preventing dozens of youths from leaving India to join the jihadi group. A review of media reports over the past three years indicates that the number of affected youths — ie those who left for Syria, others who were stopped from leaving India and counselled, and those under surveillance — is around 350. This figure is on the lower side, but does not take into account the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Radicalisation is the process of directly and indirectly motivating Muslims to participate in jihadi terror, based on religious teachings and grievance-nurturing by Islamic preachers, the Urdu press and other Islamic media. Radicalisation has always existed in India leading to bomb blasts on many occasions, but that it could pose a serious challenge to the security of India was realised first in mid-2014 when four youths left Mumbai for Iraq and Syria — one of them, Areeb Majeed, returned later from Turkey, where he had ended up for medical treatment after being wounded in Syria.
Political correctness forces analysts not to see the ideological nature of the jihadi terror. A usual shortcut is to blame the internet for radicalisation. This is contrary to evidence. In the 20th Century when there was no internet, the streets of Lahore looked much like the streets of Paris today. In December 1926, Swami Shraddhanand was killed by Abdur Rasheed, perhaps the first lone-wolf jihadi, for publishing Satyarth Prakash, a book critical of Prophet Muhammad. In 1929, Rajpal of the Rajpal Publisher of Lahore, was killed, much like the editors of Charlie Hebdo magazine and exactly for the same theological reason, by Ghazi Ilmuddin for publishing the book. The Islamist poet Muhammad Iqbal praised him. Hyderabadi leader Asaduddin Owaisi is not the first Muslim leader to offer legal aid to IS suspects. Ilmuddin's case was defended in court by MA Jinnah.From then till now, around a dozen states have witnessed incidents of radicalisation including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Assam, Punjab (for pro-Khalistan radicalisation), Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. In the run-up to Republic Day this year, at least 14 suspects were arrested. In June, five youths were arrested in Hyderabad, leading to two more arrests in July. Around two dozen youths, who were known to each other, left Kerala in early July for Syria. In the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, four youths were arrested in July. The argument here is this: Radicalisation in India has not ceased since 2014, leaving no room for complacency.
In modern times, Sufism, supported by the Barelvi school of Sunni Islam, is presented as peaceful. In 1936, Murid Hussain, a Sufi from Chakwal in the present-day Pakistan, went on to kill Dr Ram Gopal after he was visited by Prophet Muhammad in dream. The alleged reason for killing was that an animal was named by Gopal after the prophet. Major Nidal Hasan, who shot dead his colleagues at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, is not the first Muslim soldier to be radicalised. In 1937, Miyan Muhammad of the Indian Army shot dead a Hindu soldier in Karachi. In 1942, Babu Merajuddin killed his Sikh officer Major Hardyal Singh allegedly for questioning the sacrifice of animals on Eid-al-Azha, the feast of sacrifice. Guantanamo Bay is also not the first offshore prison for jihadis. Lone-wolf attackers were sent by British officers to Andaman Islands.
While the Mumbai's four had left India before Abu Bakr Al-Baghadi declared himself on June 30, 2014 as the caliph of all Muslims, soon his call for all Muslims to performHijrah (migration) to the IS in the Iraq-Syria region caught the imagination of youths.Hijrah marks the migration of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina where a large number of people had converted to Islam. It has special connotation in the minds of Muslims. In India, the pattern of Hijrah over the past three years showed two trends: One, Indian Muslim youths based in London, Qatar, the UAE, Afghanista-Pakistan region, Singapore and Australia travelled directly to Syria to join the ISIS; two, some youths left directly from India for Afghanistan, Iran and some West Asian capitals to join the IS or were prevented from boarding flights at Nagpur and Hyderabad, or stopped in Kolkata.
In July 2015, a note prepared by the Home Ministry noted: "As per available intelligence inputs, very few number of Indian youth(s) have joined ISIS after travelling to Iraq and Syria. Further, intelligence/security agencies have foiled the plan of some youth(s) to travel to Iraq/Syria who are under counselling and monitoring at present. A certain number of IS sympathisers are also under surveillance by security agencies."
A report dated 28 September, 2015, published by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies, put the number of those under surveillance at 250. As of last July, it appears that the number of Muslim youths arrested over the past three years in different states of India for pro-IS radicalisation is at least 60. Reports in the press indicate that at least 30 Muslims from India could be present in Syria with IS and there are some Indians based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. While the fundamental reasons for radicalisation and justifications for jihad are rooted in Islamic teachings, glorification of Islamic history and grievance mongering, one must bear in mind that the jihadi threat to India emanates also from the rise of jihadi movements in West Asia and the inability of the big powers to stabilise the situation.
Unless that happens, security agencies in India will need to remain alert
Monday, August 22, 2016
Taser & Indian Police
The Delhi Police, often accused of using excessive force, are introducing Taser guns and other non-lethal arms that will allow them to work without endangering lives, sources said.
The city police were in the process of procuring Taser guns that would help them nab suspects by incapacitating them, or stunning them, temporarily by administering electric shock, sources said.
“When fired, this non-lethal weapon releases electro-magnetic pulse that will paralyze the central nervous system of the suspect, leaving the person in a foetal position on the ground for almost 15 seconds,” Rajesh Malik, special commissioner of police (provision and logistics), said.
The first lot of five Tasers -- Taser X2 priced at Rs 1 lakh each -- is expected Tuesday from the US-based manufacturer, making the Delhi Police the first law enforcement agency in the country to use non-lethal weapons.
The force’s special cell came under fire when Manoj Vashisht, an alleged conman wanted in several cases of cheating, was killed during an alleged gunfight at a city restaurant.
Senior police officials felt Vashisht could have been caught alive had the police managed to incapacitate him, sources said. It was then they decided to get Taser-like conducted electrical weapons.
To begin with, Tasers would be used during VIP security, chasing a suspect after dark or vehicle-checks in the night.
Taser X2 fires two small darts attached with copper wires to deliver electric current that pierces through the clothes of a target, creating neuromuscular incapacitation of the body, Malik said. The “target” returns to normal after 15 to 20 seconds, enough time for the police to act.
It comes with two laser lights, indicating where the darts will hit and a video camera that starts recording as soon as the trigger is touched.
Experts from Scottsdale, Arizona-based Taser International, which manufactures and sells conducted electrical weapons, will hold a week-long training programme in Delhi. The force planned to buy at least 100 Tasers and could increase the numbers after gauging the performance, sources said.
Bean bag rounds, or flexible baton rounds, could be the next addition to non-lethal munitions. These rounds -- lead shots embedded in fabric -- are propelled by a shotgun and cause minimum long-term trauma without penetration. They cause a muscle spasm and make a suspect immobile for a short period.
Tasers are used worldwide and considered a safe option but there have been injury concerns. Tasers can harm elderly and children and even cause death especially of those with a heart condition or other health concerns.
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