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Child rapes up 82% in 2016, UP records a 400% jump -Dipak K Dash

-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Instances of child rape increased by 82% in 2016 in comparison to the previous year. Uttar Pradesh registered a four-fold increase in such offences with the number of child rapes going up from 596 in 2015 to 2,115 last year, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The report, released Thursday, showed that 19,920 children were raped last year in comparison to 10,934 in 2015. Overall crimes against children saw the highest rise of 13.6% in 2016. Such crimes have been continuously on the rise over the past three years.

"Crimes against children have shown increasing trend over the past three years with significant increase of 13.6% (1,06,958) in 2016 over (94,172) in 2015. Kidnapping and abduction of children accounted for 52% of the cases followed by cases under POCSO," a release issued by the home ministry said.

POCSO stands for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, which came into effect from 2012. Maharashtra reported the highest number of child rapes at 2,467 in 2016, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 2,292.

The report also shows an over 50% rise in cases of abduction and kidnapping in 2016 in comparison to the previous year. In a first, last year's crime report has included feticide cases, which were at 144. It's not just crimes against children which saw an increase, but also number of crimes committed by juveniles increased during 2016 by 7.2%.

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