Dehradun Police summon survey firm after report lists city among unsafe for women
Dehradun: The Dehradun police have summoned P-Value Analytics, the private firm behind the National Annual Report on Women’s Safety (NARI 2025), after its survey ranked the city among the top 10 unsafe for women.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajai Singh directed the company’s managing director and the team responsible for data collection and analysis to appear within a week with all documents related to the survey. He warned that if the firm fails to provide satisfactory answers or if the report is found to be based on baseless facts, strict legal action will follow.
The Uttarakhand government had earlier dismissed the report, calling it “not based on facts.” Trade associations and educational institutions in Dehradun also lodged complaints demanding action against the report.
The survey, released on August 28 in the presence of National Commission for Women chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar, drew criticism after P-Value representative Mayank Dhayya claimed it was conducted as part of academic research for university students. He explained that one team handled survey collection while another analyzed the data. Police, however, found his responses unsatisfactory.
According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2022 data, Dehradun reported no rape-murder cases but recorded 8 dowry deaths, 13 cases of abetment to suicide, 184 rapes, and a total of 1,205 crimes against women—27% of the state’s 4,337 cases. In 2021, the city had 10 dowry deaths, 132 cases of cruelty by husbands or relatives, 113 rapes, and 756 total crimes against women, accounting for 22% of the state’s 3,431 cases.
The NARI 2025 report also listed Delhi among the least safe cities for women, with the national capital reporting 14,277 crimes against women.
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Gujarat voted for development & good governance, says Pradhan as BJP sweeps local body polls
New Delhi (PTI): Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said the people of Gujarat have reaffirmed their faith in the politics of development, stability and good governance as the BJP swept the local body elections by winning all 15 municipal corporations and 33 out of 34 district panchayats in the state.
Thanking the voters, Pradhan said the result is a testament to the people's unwavering trust in the BJP, the relentless hard work of the party workers and the strength of the organisation under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
“The people of Gujarat have once again made it clear that their trust remains firmly aligned with the politics of development, stability and good governance. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the people of Gujarat for the support received by the BJP in the local body elections,” Pradhan posted on X.
“Under the guidance of the Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Gujarat's Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, this result is a remarkable testament to the people's unwavering trust, the relentless hard work of the Gujarat BJP workers, and the strength of the organisation,” he added.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Gujarat for what he termed a "sweeping mandate" in the local body polls, saying the bond between the state and the BJP has grown even stronger.
Modi said people have voted for the politics of good governance, and assured that the party would work harder to take Gujarat to new heights of progress.
Though final results for 250 taluka panchayats and 84 municipalities were awaited, data from the State Election Commission (SEC) showed that the ruling BJP won most of these local bodies while some were bagged by the Congress, AAP and Independents.
Polling was held on Sunday for 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats and 260 taluka panchayats.
The BJP emerged a clear winner in the municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Rajkot, besides the newly created municipal corporations of Navsari, Gandhidham, Morbi, Vapi, Anand, Nadiad, Mehsana, Porbandar and Surendranagar.
