How safe is our country?

This post is NOT meant for 'Mrs E' from Upsaala, Sweden. Reading it, she may stop her son Bjorn from visiting Bombay in January for the marathon.

An article in today's DNA talks about the crime statistics in India. The writer admits that these stats must be the fraction of the ice berg as governments and police forces don't want ugly stats out there.

Let's take a look at some of the numbers..

• There were 33,335 murders in India in 2010 (About 7763 in UP and Bihar alone)
• There were 29,000 attempts to murder
• There were 213,585 cases of offenses against women (Remember that in rural areas, women hesitate to report crimes, thanks to a social stigma on the victim)
• More than 22,000 cases of rape (!!!)

I agree that India doesn't have roadside knife-point or gun-point muggings but these figures, which are the tip of the iceberg are disturbing to say the least. One of the most urgent requirements in India is police reforms.

See the DNA analysis here http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_the-real-picture-behind-our-crime-statistics_1605290