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Additional director general (law and order) Anand Kumar said, “It shows women have no hesitation in walking inside a police station to lodge an FIR now. While number of rape cases have remained at par, incidents of abduction, sexual harassment and obscenity with females had spiralled. Sources in the forensic laboratory said that investigating officers are unable to lift samples properly and half of the samples are returned as unfit. Also, I want to emphasize that suppressing of crime has gone down and people from all walks of life are able to get their case registered which shows they have faith in police department.”The officer added that in an analysis of crime pattern it was discovered that in eight out of 10 rape or kidnapping cases, women had been violated by their acquaintances and not strangers.However, episodes such as Unnao have exposed the chinks in claims of UP police. While data reveals 899 FIRs under rape charges have been lodged in UP till March 31, the DNA lab in Mahanagar set up to handle exhibits of sexual offences received close to 280 samples in the same period.“In cases where no semen is found on vaginal swab or slide, the exhibits are not sent to laboratory and hence the mismatch in figures,” said DIG law and order Praveen Kumar ..