The Nirbhaya case that happened almost 10 years ago in December and the hit-and-run case in Delhi's Kanjhawala share eerie similarities, namely public outcry, police inaction, and laxity of the worst kind. The police claimed to convert all of Delhi during New Year's Eve into cantonment areas with every square inch covered by patrol cars, intensive patrolling and picketing, and effective nakabandi, but none of it was observed in the Kanjhawala and Sultanpuri areas.
It is alleged that all the policing was concentrated in Lutyens' Delhi while other areas were left to fend for themselves.
The eyewitness of this gruesome incident, Deepak Dahiya said that the Baleno passed the jurisdiction of four police stations and 24 petrol cars but nobody seemed to have reacted. The delay in securing the scene of the crime was another major flaw which led to forensic and other experts missing the opportunity to collect valuable evidence.
Therefore, the question arises, what exactly has happened in the last 10 years? The 13th Criminal Law Amendment Act was introduced based on Justice Verma Commission's recommendations that made major changes in the Criminal Procedure Code in the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Evidence Act. The Nirbhaya fund was supposed to reinforce policing and ensure a pro-active approach. Nothing like this seems to have happened at the ground level.