new delhi rape cases will come down if people shun nonvegetarian food and alcohol activist swami agnivesh said on saturday we cannot stop a crime like rape by policing only i think rapes will come down significanlty if people stop eating nonvegetarian there has been lot of research on this rapes will come down significantly if alcohol consumption is not there he told reporters here he said a lot of crimes and accidents take place due to consumption of alcohol arguing on the benefits of a vegetarianism he said japanese scientists conducted a study on the oldest man on earth recently and they found that he was a vegeterian every research conducted in this world points to one fact that red meat is the reason behind all diseases he said agnivesh said that all the six accused in the gruesome rape of a young girl in a moving bus on december 16 last year were drunk as well as the accused in the recent incident of sexual assault on a fiveyearold girl in both the incidents the accused consumed alcohol this explains clearly that alcohol drove them to commit the crime alcohol shuts down the moral thinking of a person he said government is not ending alcoholproduction in the country as it fetches revenue all the states have now started competing to outnumber each other in alcohol production this has become the norm he said expressing concern over the fact that everyday one billion animals are slaughtered he said that its consequesnce will be severe regretting the loss of values in human beings agnivesh said there are no moral and spiritual values left in people schools today do not teach children about the evilconsequences of drinking we cannot blame an individual for a crime the society as a whole is responsible asked about whether death penalty will stop rape swami said death penalty will not do anything i do not support it death sentence should not given to anybody including those who attack parliament even kasab should not have been given death sentence he said