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As an indicator of the scope of the problem of rape prosecution, the "Nirbhaya" case was the only conviction obtained among the 706 rape cases filed in New Delhi in 2012. [244] Between 16 December 2012 and 4 January 2013, Delhi police recorded 501 allegations of harassment and 64 of rape, but only four inquiries were launched.
Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. [1] [2] According to the 2021 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 31,677 rape cases were registered across the country, or an average of 86 cases daily, a rise from 2020 with 28,046 cases, while in 2019, 32,033 cases were registered. [3]
Reports of horrific sexual assaults on women have become familiar in India, where police recorded 31,516 rape cases in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
2016 Greater Noida Rape Case; 2017 Unnao rape case; 2019 Hyderabad gang rape and murder; A. ... Deaths along the Bangladesh–India border; Delhi Gang Rape Photo Shoot;
It was a horrendous rape case that shocked the world - six men in India brutally tortured and raped a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus in New Delhi in 2012. On Friday four of the ...
Case drew global attention and prompted lawmakers to stiffen penalties, part of a wave of changes as India confronted its appalling treatment of women. India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New ...
After international news reported the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus that occurred in Delhi, in December 2012, Delhi experienced a significant increase in reported rapes. The number of reported rapes nearly doubled from 143 reported in January–March 2012 to 359 during the three months after the incident. [38]
The nationwide outrage and protests are similar to those seen after the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus. That vicious attack prompted India to enact tougher ...