New Delhi

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday said that it received more than 6.3 lakhs calls on its 181 helpline number from July 2022 to June 2022, leading to the registration of 92,004 cases.

Additionally, the Commission also received over 11,000 cases from other states.

According to data shared by the DCW, among the cases received, domestic violence ranked the highest with 38,342 cases, followed by 9,516 cases of conflicts with neighbours; 5,895 rape and sexual harassment cases; 3,647 POCSO cases; 4,229 kidnapping; and and 3,558 cyber crimes.

The Commission also received 1,552 missing person complaints, 2,278 cases of dowry harassment, 790 cases of medical negligence, 156 cases related to sex trafficking, 40 cases of trafficking, 69 cases of child marriage, 67 cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, 66 cases of child labour, 63 cases related to illegal liquor and drugs, and 54 cases of honor killing.

Service-related matters amounted to 1,319 cases, property disputes to 421 cases, police harassment to 354 cases, requests for shelter homes to 348 cases, dangerous attacks on women to 298 cases, and theft to 235 cases. Additionally, the commission received 58 complaints from transgender individuals and 137 grievances from men, the data revealed.

The majority of cases came from the Narela area, totaling 2,976 cases.

This was followed by 1,651 cases from Bhalswa Dairy, 1,523 from Burari, 1,371 from Kalyanpuri, and 1,221 from Jahangirpuri area.

In terms of cases related to rape and sexual harassment, the top five areas were Burari with 175 cases, Narela 167, Govindpuri 105, Uttam Nagar 89 and Sultanpuri 86.