Delhi reported the highest number of cases of crimes against women in 2020 among the metropolitan cities, according to NCRB data.
As per the data, a total of 35,331 cases of crime against women were registered in 2020 whereas the number of cases in 2019 was 44,783, showing a decrease of 21.1 pc.
A teenage girl was slashed in her face with a knife by her neighbouring 23-year-old man in a molestation attempt at her home on Monday, police said.
According to police the woman apparently told her parents, that she had been rejecting all the matches they had been bringing for her because she was in love and wanted to marry that person.
The Uttar Pradesh government has sentenced 23 accused to life imprisonment in the past 24 hours, in connection with cases of crime against women and children.
According to the government spokesman, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to launch 'Operation Durachari' to check crime against women.
The NCW received 2,043 complaints of crimes committed against women in June, the highest in the last eight months. According to the National Commission for Women (NCW) data, 452 complaints of domestic violence were received in June alone.
Lucknow University will soon establish a centre of excellence to study crime against women in order to curb such incidents. Meanwhile, at the same time, a women helpline service has been started by UP roadways to assist them in hours of distress.
What is strange is that these cases have been occurring at frequent intervals despite the government's claim that the law and order situation has improved in the state. The police, however, have refused to speak on the issue, only saying that the incidents are being investigated.
PRV in Uttar Pradesh escorting women will necessarily have two women officials. Police chiefs of each district have been asked to make arrangements for the same.
"It is a matter of deep regret that during the past some years, especially since the BJP government has come to power, women are not safe. This is not the only incident, in UP I said it yesterday also that there is not a day when there is not an incident of rape and murder, attempt to rape or molestation," Mayawati said at a press conference here.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayananda had been accused by the woman's father of sexually harassing her and kidnapping her. She was found just before the Supreme Court was to take up her case.
The horrific incident took place on Friday night in Tangra, also known as China Town.
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A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from outside her house in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district and gang-raped by four men, police said Friday.
A woman has claimed that a man masturbated at her inside a metro station complex in Gurgaon, prompting the police to register a case against an unidentified person.
A man hacked a woman at Chetpet railway station here tonight and seriously injured her after an argument over his proposal to marry her and inflicted injuries on himself using the same sickle, police said.
Police said the crime was witnessed by the victim's teenage son, who screamed for help when the woman’s husband, Maanpal, was executing his plan.
The sisters aged 13 and 15 years were gang-raped at Kaserwa village by the four men.
The woman, Aarti Arun, alleged that the incident took place soon after she and her two young children had moved back with her husband, believing in his promise of a fresh start.
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