New Delhi, Nov 20: As many as 813 cases of sexual harassment against women and children have been reported in Delhi in the last ten months, Rajya Sabha was told today. During the year 2002 (Upto October 31), 813 cases of sexual harassment were reported in Delhi as against 928 cases during the corresponding period of the preceding year, minister of state for home Vidyasagar Rao said in a written reply.
Denying any increase in the crime rate in the national capital, Rao said the number of IPC related crimes in Delhi during first ten months of the current year registered a fall by 9.94 per cent when comp ared with the number of such crimes reported during the corresponding period of the preceding year.
Giving details of the various steps taken to punish the criminals, Rao said an inter-state crime co-ordination secretariat has been set-up in the headquarters of Delhi police. Bureau Report