Rape in India has increased by a staggering 792% in 40 years...

Incidents of rape in the country have increased by a staggering 792% over the past nearly 40 years. This eight-fold increase is way ahead of other serious crime like murder, which increased by 106% robbery (27%) and kidnapping (298%). In fact the rise in rape stands out as the most steep compared to all cognizable crimes, which grew at 134% since 1971.

 This shocking trend emerges from a comparison of the recently released crime data maintained by the National Crime Records Bureau with data from earlier years. Although NCRB maintains crime statistics since 1953, rape statistics are being collected only since 1971.

 Experts believe that while some of this jaw-dropping rise could be explained by increased reporting as awareness has grown among victims and families, the scale of increase undoubtedly reflects increasing violence against women in society. Maintaining a trend which has existed for several years, almost 97% of the rapes were committed by persons known to the victim with about 7% committed by family members and 35% by neighbours. Full story...

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