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The Special Police Unit for Women and Children (SPUWAC) has forwarded 1,197 leads connected online intersexual maltreatment of minors and kid pornography to territory units for enactment during 2025, starring to the registration of 60 FIRs, authoritative information shows.
According to Delhi Police data, from January 1 to December 19 this year, 1,197 Delhi-specific inputs from the U.S.-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) led to the registration of 60 FIRs related to kid pornography.
This marks a astir 56% diminution compared to 2024, erstwhile 136 FIRs were registered based connected 1,809 leads forwarded to territory units, the information suggests.
In 2025, SPUWAC received 10,151 inputs related to kid pornography, done referrals from the NCMEC. Of these, 106 were referred backmost to NCMEC aft it was recovered that they did not pertain to India, officials said.
Another 6,022 leads were transferred to different states aft verification revealed these incidents were extracurricular Delhi Police jurisdiction, the information says.
Police officials said 2,826 leads were closed pursuing verification arsenic non-actionable, portion the remaining Delhi-specific inputs were processed by the SPUWAC and territory units.
In 2024, the SPUWAC received 16,321 inputs related to kid pornography, according to authoritative figures.
Of these, 7,865 were transferred to different states portion different 6,554 leads were closed aft verification arsenic non-actionable.
Meanwhile, 1,809 Delhi-specific inputs connected online intersexual maltreatment of children were forwarded to territory units, starring to the registration of 136 FIRs successful 2024, the information shows.
Cumulatively, 3,006 specified leads were sent to territory units of Delhi Police successful 2024 and 2025, starring to the registration of 196 FIRs.
Apart from kid abuse-related matters, counselling remained a large relation of the SPUWAC, officials said.
Counselling was undertaken successful complaints related to dowry harassment, marital disputes, home discord and intelligence harassment, they added.
According to the data, SPUWAC received 3,578 specified complaints since 2015 till December 19 this year.
During this period, constabulary registered 976 FIRs erstwhile counselling did not suffice and transgression enactment was warranted, portion 42 cases were registered nether provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, officials said.
Between January 1 and December 15, 2025, SPUWAC took up 186 counselling-related matters.
Of these, 34 were resolved done reconciliation aft counselling, portion 6 cases were settled done communal agreement, officials said.
In 27 cases, nary enactment was taken arsenic complainants oregon household members did not privation to proceed, portion 2 cases were transferred to different districts, they added.
The information shows that 36 pending complaints from 2024 were carried guardant into 2025, taking the full fig of cases handled by SPUWAC during the twelvemonth to 222.
According to the figures, each pending complaints from 2024 were disposed of, portion 127 of the complaints registered successful 2025 were besides resolved, bring the full fig of cases disposed of during the twelvemonth to 163, with 59 cases pending.
“The SPUWAC remains committed to the extortion and promotion of rights of women and children, and to shielding them from each forms of maltreatment done diligent probe and prosecution of offenders,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, SPUWAC, Anjitha Chepyala told PTI.
A designated nodal agency, SPUWAC volition proceed to collaborate with applicable stakeholders to guarantee effectual transportation of justice, she added.
Additionally, since 2002 till December 15 this year, 16,922 self-defence grooming programmes were organised crossed Delhi, including workshops conducted nether SPUWAC, according to the data.
These programmes trained 30,09,298 women and girls implicit the years arsenic portion of assemblage outreach and prevention efforts, constabulary said.
In 2025, 4,13,004 women and girls were trained nether specified self-defence programmes, the highest yearly fig recorded truthful far, they added.
