Citing the recent murder of a teenage girl, the Aam Aadmi Party government has again blamed the Delhi Police for the deteriorating law and order situation in the Capital.
A 19-year-old girl was stabbed to death on Thursday, allegedly by two brothers, after she protested their verbally abusing her in Anand Parbat in Central Delhi.
“In the past few weeks several incidents of crime against women have been reported, most of them being heinous in nature and most of it against women. The news of a teenage girl stabbed to death by her molesters while police refused to lodge a complaint by the parents is a shocking incident which has brought to light the inefficiency and indifference of the Delhi Police towards protecting people of Delhi,” AAP’s Delhi State convener Dilip Pandey said while addressing a press conference on Saturday.
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Mr. Pandey said the Central government is busy in number juggling. “The Central government can change the number of farmer’s death by changing the criteria. In the same way, it is fudging the crime rate in Delhi as well. There is an increase of almost 25 per cent cases of rape and around 18 per cent in total crime against women in the year 2014,” he added.
The party members also reiterated demand for full statehood to the National Capital and direct control of the Delhi Police and law and order responsibly in the hands of the Delhi government, Mr. Pandey said: “The police force will continue to be exploited by their masters in the Central government for their political gains.”