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.
A team of the Investigation Division of the Commission headed by an SSP is expected to leave immediately and submit their report at the earliest.
The young veterinarian's rape and murder on November 27 had sent shockwaves across the nation with several women politicians demanding death penalty for rapists.
In a major development, all four accused were killed when they were trying to escape during the recreation of the crime at the same spot where the woman’s body was found.
A complaint was lodged on March 4 by the rape victim but it is alleged that the police did not take action on it.
After the girl did not return from school on Saturday, her family members started looking for her and found the blood-stained body at an isolated place in Kheldi village of Aligarh town on Sunday.