bhopal the state capital witnessed 6 increase in rape and abduction cases this year from january to july than in the same period last year 217 rape cases have been reported this year as compared to 205 cases during the same period in 2021 while there were 225 abduction cases this year as compared to 212 cases last year however 276 molestation cases have been reported this year as compared to 301 cases from january to july in 2021 a decline of around 8 senior cops said that the decline in the data is mainly because seven police stations in rural areas have been separated from the citys jurisdiction after the police commissionerate system was implemented they said that their focus is not on just curbing the number of cases but also on creating awareness among people under the community policing initiative acp crime against women nidhi saxena said that cops have been instructed to hold awareness drive in any area of the city where a crime under pocso act is registered police teams interact with locals in the area special animation films to make children aware about good touch and bad touch are screened police have formed shakti samiti groups like anganwadi workers who visit homes in their areas and spread awareness shakti samitis have been formed in the jurisdiction of eight police station areas the initiative was launched after the rape of a 3yearold girl in ashoka garden police commissioner makrand deoskar said that police have been focusing on community policing and spreading awareness about crime against women and children especially making people aware about the provisions of the pocso act police are seriously focusing on recovery in abduction cases of the minors it is more of a social issue so we are not focusing on decreasing the cases but on properly reacting to the reported cases we are running awareness programmes under the community policing initiatives so that even a small incident is reported to police