Odisha reports nine rape cases a day
Legal experts are of the view that lower conviction rate is a worrying development in the state.
Legal experts are of the view that lower conviction rate is a worrying development in the state.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its 2021 annual report, released yesterday, statistically charted the desert state with as many as 6,337 rape cases, 1,027 cases more than the preceding year, 2020, and 340 more than in 2019.
"I have found from other similar matters that the said Dr Santi Prasad Sinha as one of the king pins of this corruption of giving illegal public appointments" the court stated.
Average 77 rape cases daily in 2020; crimes against women down from 2019: NCRB data
Around 18 incidents of Maoist encounters were reported in 2020-21.
Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, while addressing an election rally in Jharkhand took a jibe on the Prime Minister's pet project 'Make in India' and said, 'Earlier it was 'make in India', but now it is rape in India'.
The woman was reportedly raped in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar last year and had filed a police complaint last July, following which the accused was arrested and later released on bail on Wednesday.
The three-member probe panel headed by former SC judge VS Sirpurkar will have to complete the investigation and submit a report in six months.
This comes close on the heels of a rape survivor being burnt to death by five men in Unnao, some of whom are accused in the case.
According to reports, the government will set up 144 fast track courts to hear rape cases and 74 courts to hear matters related to crimes against children.