On Women's Day, Delhi girl raped in Faridabad

Faridabad: A Delhi girl was allegedly raped by an unidentified man after he offered to drop her near her home in his car, police said on Friday. The incident happened on Wednesday when the victim, a resident of Devli Khanpur area in Delhi, was returning home after meeting her husband's friend in Faridabad, a police official said. A case was registered on Thursday against the accused on the complaint filed by the woman, he added. According to the complaint, the woman was waiting for a bus to Delhi at Bata Mod on GT Road on Wednesday evening, when an unidentified man in a silver coloured-car stopped beside her and offered to drop her to Khanpur Devli area in Delhi in return of fare. The driver, however, changed route and turned the car towards Ballabgarh on the pretext of taking a short cut. The man then took the victim to a forest area and raped her there. The woman, who had fainted during the ordeal, found herself lying near a bridge after regaining consciousness, the official said adding, she then contacted her friend using mobile phone of a motorcyclist and was dropped home by the friend. Investigations into the case are in progress, police said.

Delhi: Woman gang-raped in moving car, accused known to victim

New Delhi: A 34-year-old woman on Sunday alleged that she was abducted and gang-raped by four men in a moving car in east Delhi, police said. The woman alleged that she was abducted from Akshardham around 9 am by the gang which took turns to rape her in the moving car. Two women were also present in the vehicle at the time of incident. "All the six persons in the white car were known to the victim. She told us that she was going from Pandav Nagar to Akshardham and when she reached near the Akshardham metro station, the vehicle moved towards her and she was abducted," police said. She claimed she was dumped near Pragati Maidan after the sexual assault and also claimed that her two mobile phones and some jewellery were robbed. The victim later approached police which took her to a government hospital for medical examination. A case was registered

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A woman is raped every 18 hrs in Delhi

\i Turns Rape Capital This is what you feared but hoped was not true - crime-prone Delhi has turned against women, making them the target of assault each day. There are hard facts to prove this. Delhi Police commissioner BK Gupta addresses the media on Thursday. New figures released by the Delhi Police reveal that a woman is raped every 18 hours or molested every 14 hours in the Capital. Shockingly, the majority of the attackers are below 25 years. The crime graph is heading north. Expect it to rise further in 2011, says Delhi Police commissioner Brijesh Kumar Gupta. A girl is molested every 14 hours in Delhi. The number of rape cases in the city increased in 2010 over the previous year. In 2009 there were 459 cases of rape reported across the city, while in 2010 the figure was 489. This roughly translates to one rape case every 18 hours. Provocation for murders. The cases of molestation of women have also increased in 2010. While there were 528 cases of molestation in 2009, such cases went up to 585 in 2010 - or once every 14 hours. Police investigations have established that the attackers were overwhelmingly from within the circle of family and acquaintances of the victims. Of the persons arrested for rape, only 4 per cent were strangers and 96 per cent were known to victim or her family. A staggering 56 per cent accused in rape cases were below the age of 25. Similarly in molestation cases, 92 per cent accused were known to the victims. Of the 765 accused arrested, 58 per cent were below the age of 25, the police figures show. Police chief Gupta said the rise in crime figures in the coming months will also be the result of higher registration of cases to make sure that criminals are pursued and caught.

Acknowledging how the non-registration of cases has played a key role in suppressing the crime rate in the city, the police commissioner felt this also allowed criminals to go scot free. "The Delhi Police have a detection rate of 87.86 per cent in heinous crimes," Gupta said, adding that the registration of cases will mean that the police would have to investigate and bring criminals to task. This would go a long way in making Delhi a safer place for women.

December 16, 2012: A 23-year-old paramedical student was raped and brutally assaulted by six men in a moving private bus. She was later thrown out the bus along with her male friend. The victim succumbed to her injuries on December 29 December 27, 2012: A woman was sedated and raped allegedly by three men in Uttar Pradesh. She was later dumped in south-east Delhi January 30, 2013: A 17-year-old housemaid was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by two drunken men at their rented accommodation in Jamia Nagar of Delhi February 5, 2013: The culprit attempted rape on the girl in the Capital. When the victim vehemently opposed him, he beat her up brutally and shoved iron rod in her mouth which caused profuse bleeding March 3, 2013: The Class II student was raped by an unidentified man inside a North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run primary school in L-block of Mongolpuri March 7, 2013: A 19-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped by three men after she took an auto outside a mall in Ghaziabad March 7, 2013: A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped in a moving car by four people in Greater Noida March 8, 2013: A girl was allegedly raped by an unidentified man after he offered to drop her near her home in his car in Faridabad

Delhi remains Indias rape capital; safe Mumbai is close second

The latest rape statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has once again put Delhi on top of the shame table. But, surprise, surprise, safe Mumbai is a close second on the list. According to a Times Of India report, Delhi registered 568 cases of rape, compared to 218 in Mumbai in 2011 according to NCRB records. In the 2007-2011 period, Delhi topped the chart, followed by Mumbai, Bhopal, Pune and Jaipur.

As far as states were concerned, Maharashtra ranked fifth with 7,703 cases registered; Madhya Pradesh tops the list with 15,275, followed by West Bengal (11,427), UP (8,834) and Assam (8,060), according to the TOI report. In terms of numbers Mumbai might still be far behind Delhi, but the number of rape incidents has been on the rise in the financial capital for the past two years. The TOI report also quotes Mumbai police officers as saying that rape is a social issue. It is a social issue and it is impossible to come out with an initiative or strategy to curb such offences. Many cases registered are technical (with victims consent), said Mumbai police spokesperson and deputy commissioner of police (crime branch unit-l) Nisar Tamboli.

Representational Image. Reuters This is not the first time that the Indian police have made disparaging comments about rape victims. In April this year, Tehelka did a sting operation across 23 police stations in Noida, Delhi and Gurgaon which revealed some shocking testimonies from police officers. The idea that rape is often just a woman crying foul after a night of consensual sex seems to be deeply ingrained in the psyche of Indian police all across the country. For instance, in the Tehelka story, nearly 17 of the 30 policemen interviewed by the magazine believed that real rape cases are rare: There are cases but 70 percent involve consensual sex. Only if someone sees, or the money is denied, it gets turned into rape Mumbai prides itself as a safe city for women, often touted as the ideal choice for single women to reside in. But the recent statistics and the attitude of the Mumbai police reveals that it is just a myth.