No end to domestic violence as women continues to suffer Govt enacts law but fails to depute Protection Officer

No end to domestic violence as women continues to suffer
Govt enacts law but fails to depute Protection Officers
Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, June 27: The reported cases of domestic violence in thr city has not registered any decline over the last few years despite stringent laws and public awareness. If the statistics available with Women Cell Jammu has to believed then it can be easily concluded that domestic violence is order of the day. As per statistics, the compliants registered at Women Cell stood at 1165 in 2009, 1028 in 2010 and 1070 in 2011. Interestingly, due to the non-availability of these Protection Officers in rural areas, the women from those areas hesitate to lodge complaint against domestic violence. It means the unreported cases of domestic violence could be much more. It is pertinent to mention here that the women cell received that out of total 1,165 complaints registered in 2009, 1,070 cases were compromised, 42 FIRs were lodged and 53 were referred to the court. According to the official source, mainly the domestic violence cases were due to dowry. In 2010, out of total 1028 complaints, 967 were solved, 55 were registered with the women commission and six were referred to the court. Sources added that in 2011, the women cell of Jammu had received 1,070 complaints, of which 981 were solved with compromise, 32 cases were registered with the women commission, four referred to the court and 53 are still pending. Nearly seven months after the Domestic violence Act came into force in Jammu and Kashmir, the government is yet to appoint Protection Officers in the state. When contacted, Station House officer Women Cell, Canal Road Arti Thakur admitted that there was no decline in the cases of domestic violence. She said police was trying to aware people especially women about these things. It is not easy job but we are trying our best to make things better. Our aim is to save the families than punishing the people, she added.

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