New Delhi, Sep 6 - Thirteen government hospitals in the capital are now equipped with rape detection kits for victims of incest crimes as per guidelines issued by Delhi High Court, the Delhi Police has told the court.

Mukta Gupta, counsel for Delhi Police, contended before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan earlier this week that of the 20 hospitals of the Delhi government, 13 are equipped with Sexual Forensic Evidence Kits (SAFE) and seven more are in the process of doing the same.

'The seven hospitals will soon have these SAFE kits,' Gupta said.

The court had in an earlier order directed Delhi Police and the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) to start a 'crisis intervention centre' to help out victims of incest crimes.

Submitting the status report before the bench, Aparna Bhatt, counsel for Delhi Commission for Women, said that most of the guidelines issued by the court are being followed.

'Apart from the guidelines, a home study should be conducted where the incest crime took place as this will help us in analysing the trend,' Bhatt said.