Delhi records most rapes as crimes against women rise in India

[Ayesha Liyanapatirana]

NEW DELHI, July 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reports of crimes against women in India such as rape, dowry deaths, abduction and molestation increased by 26.7 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, government statistics showed on Monday."I thought you put in place laws to prevent this, guess another indian failure"

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said there were 309,546 crimes against women reported to the Indian police last year against 244,270 in 2012, with the highest number recorded in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Crimes included rape, kidnapping, sexual harassment, trafficking, molestation and cruelty by husbands and relatives. They also include crimes in which a woman was driven to suicide as a result of demands for a dowry from her husband or in-laws.

"The new government should enforce all laws, policies and programs to address violence against women. The government should also ensure that there is respect for women's rights to equality, freedom of movement and expression and that there is every effort to quell claims of 'women's safety' as a justification for curtailing such freedoms," said Meenakshi Ganguly from Human Rights Watch.

The NCRB said the number of rapes in the country rose by 35.2 percent to 33,707 in 2013 - with Delhi reporting 1,441 rapes in 2013 – making it the city with the highest number of rapes and confirming its reputation as India's "rape capital".

India's biggest city and business capital Mumbai, known for being more women-friendly, recorded 391 rapes last year, while IT hub Bangalore registered 80 rapes.

Police attribute the rise in reports to more women coming forward due to greater public awareness following the high profile gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in December 2012.

The case sent shockwaves across much of urban India and led to thousands of people coming out onto the streets to protest over growing violence against women in the largely patriarchal and conservative nation.

It also forced the Indian parliament to enact stiffer penalties for crimes against women, including death for repeat rape offenders, criminalising stalking and making acid attacks and human trafficking specific offences.

Women's rights groups say the figures are still gross under-estimates of the reality on the ground – women are often too scared to come forward to report rapes or domestic violence for fear their families and communities will shun them.


Shame on indians

 

[TejasMk3]

Zero-conviction rate for rape: Senator proposes constitutional changes – The Express Tribune

Zero. That is the conviction rate for rape cases filed over the last five years in Pakistan, according to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Syeda Sughra Imam. Speaking before the Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, the senator said the dismal statistics led her to move a bill to amend existing laws on the issue.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

NEW DELHI, July 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reports of crimes against women in India such as rape, dowry deaths, abduction and molestation increased by 26.7 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, government statistics showed on Monday."I thought you put in place laws to prevent this, guess another indian failure"

The NCRB said the number of rapes in the country rose by 35.2 percent to 33,707 in 2013 - with Delhi reporting 1,441 rapes in 2013 – making it the city with the highest number of rapes and confirming its reputation as India's "rape capital".

You shouldn't use laughing emoticons when discussing issues like rape.

 

[Geek]

Another dumb Pakistani Girl using laughing emotions after a serious report and then they'll say that Indians troll here

 

[Indischer]

I'd say these are encouraging statistics if seen in another angle.

It's no secret that the actual rape counts are likely to be far bigger than the reported rape cases. If such cases have seen a 26% spike within a year of the Govt introducing far stricter punishment on crimes against women, it might mean that more women are finding the courage to speak out against the atrocities that they were subject to, believing that their efforts will lead to fitting punishment for their perpetrators.

I'm not saying this is the case, but it might just be.

 

[Butchcassidy]

Aaha someone has a new i.d it seems

 

[Shabaz Sharif]

If you are Pakistani then stop laughing at India rape problem, there are other ways to insult them. Your surname sound Hindu, are you Pakistani hindu? Double id?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I'd say these are encouraging statistics if seen in another angle.

It's no secret that the actual rape counts are likely to be far bigger than the reported rape cases. If such cases have seen a 26% spike within a year of the Govt introducing far stricter punishment on crimes against women, it might mean that more women are finding the courage to speak out against the atrocities that they were subject to, believing that their efforts will lead to fitting punishment for their perpetrators.

I'm not saying this is the case, but it might just be.

I think that is very likely.

That's one of the good things about news coverage of rapes, it encourages people to come forward and make a police report. Since they feel that they are not alone, and that other people are going through the same thing they are.

Also, you should shoot all rapists in the balls. That would probably help.

 

[Indischer]

I think that is very likely.

That's one of the good things about news coverage of rapes, it encourages people to come forward and make a police report. Since they feel that they are not alone, and that other people are going through the same thing they are.

Also, you should shoot all rapists in the balls.

Shooting at their balls would be a disgrace to the bullet. An old, rusty knife would do the job just fine.

 

[Ayesha Liyanapatirana]

Zero. That is the conviction rate for rape cases filed over the last five years in Pakistan, according to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Syeda Sughra Imam. Speaking before the Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, the senator said the dismal statistics led her to move a bill to amend existing laws on the issue.

That just means there is proper due process in Pakistan. Where as in India there is a rampant culture of mob mentality, where the just round suspects and put them in jail without any proper evidence.

 

[Gibbs]

I sense a massive troll with a false flag and a false name..

 

[Ayesha Liyanapatirana]

I sense a massive troll with a false flag and a false name..

Flag may be false, but name is not.

 

[Koovie]

That just means there is proper due process in Pakistan. Where as in India there is a rampant culture of mob mentality, where the just round suspects and put them in jail without any proper evidence.

BS, you cannot get sentenced without evidence in India. Our courts work, and they work according to the laws made by parliament and follow the democratic constitution. So no blasphemy laws which could get you the death sentence....

Take a look at your nation first before making BS statements.

 

[Ayesha Liyanapatirana]

BS, you cannot get sentenced without evidence in India. Our courts work, and they work according to the laws made by parliament and follow the democratic constitution. So no blasphemy laws which could get you the death sentence....

Take a look at your nation first before making BS statements.

It is well documented that your country does not have a presumption of innocence, and fails to adhere to basic standards of evidence. Most of the people in your jail systems never got a fair trail.

 

[Hyperion]

Why are you laughing by the way? You are one horrible horrible person!

NEW DELHI, July 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reports of crimes against women in India such as rape, dowry deaths, abduction and molestation increased by 26.7 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, government statistics showed on Monday."I thought you put in place laws to prevent this, guess another indian failure"

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said there were 309,546 crimes against women reported to the Indian police last year against 244,270 in 2012, with the highest number recorded in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Crimes included rape, kidnapping, sexual harassment, trafficking, molestation and cruelty by husbands and relatives. They also include crimes in which a woman was driven to suicide as a result of demands for a dowry from her husband or in-laws.

"The new government should enforce all laws, policies and programs to address violence against women. The government should also ensure that there is respect for women's rights to equality, freedom of movement and expression and that there is every effort to quell claims of 'women's safety' as a justification for curtailing such freedoms," said Meenakshi Ganguly from Human Rights Watch.

The NCRB said the number of rapes in the country rose by 35.2 percent to 33,707 in 2013 - with Delhi reporting 1,441 rapes in 2013 – making it the city with the highest number of rapes and confirming its reputation as India's "rape capital".

India's biggest city and business capital Mumbai, known for being more women-friendly, recorded 391 rapes last year, while IT hub Bangalore registered 80 rapes.

Police attribute the rise in reports to more women coming forward due to greater public awareness following the high profile gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in December 2012.

The case sent shockwaves across much of urban India and led to thousands of people coming out onto the streets to protest over growing violence against women in the largely patriarchal and conservative nation.

It also forced the Indian parliament to enact stiffer penalties for crimes against women, including death for repeat rape offenders, criminalising stalking and making acid attacks and human trafficking specific offences.

Women's rights groups say the figures are still gross under-estimates of the reality on the ground – women are often too scared to come forward to report rapes or domestic violence for fear their families and communities will shun them.


Shame on indians