Create fear among criminals: SC to police on women's safety
New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Monday told the Delhi Police to rise to the challenge of preventing rape and other crimes against women and girls in the Capital by creating a strong deterrent among criminals that they would be "doomed" if caught committing such acts.
Hearing a suo motu case on recent rape incidents in the city, a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran said the police needed to shift their focus from apprehending offenders after a crime to preventing such incidents through intensified patrolling and surveillance.
"You must create a fear in the minds of all these criminals that if something goes wrong, you are doomed," the bench said.
The court told police that crimes against women were a serious proble...
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