-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With 927 incidents of child rapes reported in 2015, Delhi has no doubt become most unsafe for children. According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau data, at least three cases of rape took place every day in 2015, though police and child rights activists agree that the actual number could be much bigger. With Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act facilitating the registration of...
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Four minors are raped every day, only 1 in every 3 accused convicted -Aloke Tikku
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Fewer children were brutalised in 2015 than 2014. And yet, 451 girls were raped before they could celebrate their sixth birthday, and another 1,151 before their twelfth. That means a girl, not old enough to begin primary school, and three others yet to enter their teens, were raped every day in 2015. Four out of every 10 victims below the age of 12 were either in Maharashtra (365...
More »NCRB data: For every civilian, two cops are injured in lathicharges -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express In 2014 too, 557 policemen were injured in lathicharges, compared to 262 civilians. New Delhi: WHENEVER POLICE have lathicharged rioters or protesters, the number of injured has tended to be higher on their side — nearly twice as much, according to the latest crime data by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In 327 lathicharges in 2015, 696 police personnel were injured to 298 civilians. In 2014 too, 557 policemen were injured in...
More »327% rise in agrarian riots in 2015, NCRB report shows -Samarth Bansal
-The Hindu Recorded incidents of agrarian riots jumped 327 per cent from 628 in 2014 to 2,683 in 2015. New Delhi: Incidents of rioting remained almost the same in 2015 as compared to 2014, but as communal riots decreased, big increases were seen in other categories — agrarian, sectarian and student riots and caste conflicts, data from the “Crime in India” report for 2015 released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)...
More »NCRB data: 25 per cent of children raped were targeted at work by their employers and co-workers -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express According to data compiled by NCRB for 2015, 8,800 cases of rape on children were registered across the country under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). New Delhi: INDICATING the extent of exploitation involved in child labour, latest government statistics show that over 25 per cent of rapes on children last year were committed by their employers and co-workers. According to data compiled by the National...
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