NEW DELHI: A whopping 47% of the over 1.81 lakh cases reported in the national capital in the past three-and-a-half years remain unsolved with Delhi Police attributing it to delay in forensic tests, non-cooperation by complainants and other reasons.
A total of 85,596 cases reported since 2008 are yet to be solved while police have cracked 96,201 so far. "47.08% of the 1,81,797 cases reported between 2008 and July 31, 2011 remain unsolved," a senior police official said.
A total of 30,904 cases were reported in the first seven months of this year and over 50% of the cases remain to be closed. "While 13,764 cases have been solved, 14,710 cases are yet to be cracked," the official said.
Police attributed the delay to a number of reasons, including delay in arrest of accused and examination of voluminous records.
"The delay in receiving reports from forensic laboratories and non-cooperation by complainant resulting in delay in collection of evidence are some of the reasons," the official said.
Special teams were set up in police stations for focused action on each case and a compendium of criminals released from jail either on bail or after completing their sentence is compiled and given to beat constables to verify their involvement in pending cases, the official said.
In July alone, 4,834 cases were added while police solved a total of 2,404 during the month. However, 2,430 cases were added to the unsolved category in the month.
Similar was the trend for last year when the unsolved cases surpassed the number of solved cases. Out of a total of 51,292 cases reported in 2010, police could only solve 24,702 cases leaving 26,590 cases unsolved.
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