Police alone cannot curb rape incidents, says MP DGP; flags pornography, moral degradation
Ujjain, Jun 29 (PTI): Police alone cannot curb rape incidents, Madhya Pradesh DGP Kailash Makwana has said while citing factors like moral degradation of society due to availability of pornography through mobile phones and the internet.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday after chairing a review meeting of the force here, the Director General of Police said, "The way pornography is being served on the internet, the minds of children are getting distorted."
"There are many reasons behind the increasing incidents of rape. I think it includes internet, mobile phones, availability of pornographic material and alcohol. Today, through mobile phones, someone is connecting from somewhere to someone else. There are many such reasons for the decline of morality in society. It is not possible for police alone to deal with it," he asserted.
Children used to listen to teachers and family members earlier but "today no one is able to keep an eye on each other in a house", Makwana claimed.
Now all limits are breaking, he added.
"The way obscene content is being served on the internet, it is definitely distorting their (children's) minds. This is the reason why these incidents are happening," the DGP emphasised.
Incidentally, in the last session of the MP assembly, the state government had informed that 20 cases of rape were registered daily in 2024.
As per statistics made available by the state home department, 6134 rape cases were registered in 2020, which touched 7294 in 2024, a rise of 19 per cent.
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3 DRG personnel killed, 1 injured as IED goes off during demining operation in Chhattisgarh
Kanker (PTI): Three personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), including an inspector, were killed and another jawan was injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off while they were trying to neutralise it in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said.
This was the first blast incident linked to Naxalite activity in the state since the country was declared free from armed Maoists on March 31.
The explosion occurred in a forest area under Chhotebethiya police station limits, near the Narayanpur district border, when a DRG team was conducting a demining operation to locate and defuse IEDs planted earlier by Naxalites, a police official said.
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During the operation, the security personnel detected an IED. However, the explosive went off while they were in the process of defusing it, seriously injuring four personnel, he said.
Inspector Sukhram Vatti, constable Krishna Komra and constable Sanjay Gadhpale succumbed to their injuries on the spot, the official said.
Another injured constable, Parmanand Komra, is undergoing treatment and receiving necessary medical care, he said.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam said, based on inputs from surrendered Maoist cadres and other intelligence over the past few months, security forces had recovered and neutralised hundreds of IEDs planted earlier by Naxalites across the Bastar range, comprising seven districts, including Kanker.
"However, in today's unfortunate incident, the IED accidentally exploded while the Kanker district police team was trying to defuse it, resulting in the death of three personnel and serious injuries to one," he said.
