Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha that 38,947 cases of rape were registered in 2016, 34,651 cases of rape were registered in 2015 and 36,735 cases of rape were registered in 2014.
Last month, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the Centre jointly drew up a relief policy for rape and acid attack women victims offering minimum compensation amount of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 7 lakh, respectively.
A six-year-old homeless girl was allegedly raped by a 24-year-old man in central Delhi.
The victim was allegedly raped inside her house in village in the Rajpura area and was later burnt alive in a temple premises.
A lifeguard has been arrested on the charge of raping a three-year-old girl on the premises of a private school in Greater Noida.
The accused, Chandidas, raped the girl on Thursday evening while giving her swimming lessons at the school in Surajpur, Manoj Pant, the SHO of Surajpur police station, said.
The chief minister made the announcements at a public function organised under the 'Ek Aur Sudhar Programme' at Panchkula.
A 14-year-old girl was raped twice within 24 hours in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara. Police have arrested 5 accused in the case.
The crime had triggered a public outcry and Dhasvanth had faced the ire of a group of women, who assaulted him when he was brought to the lower court for trial.
Binu George, a priest of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, was alleged to have raped the parishioner in Alappuzha district four years ago.
The Department of Justice had informed the Cabinet Secretary on June 14 that the draft is ready and awaiting approval of the Law Minister.
Police completed the investigation in three days and filed a charge sheet on May 25. A total of 25 witnesses were presented before the court, a police official informed.
The incident comes close on the heels of an Ola cab driver attempting to rape a city-based architect on her way to the airport in Bengaluru on July 1.
Mob brutally thrashes man for allegedly trying to rape a minor in Muzaffarnagar
The police said that the victim, in her complaint filed on Friday, stated the she had boarded a bus as part of a sightseeing tour of Mumbai, the day when the incident happened.
The girl was raped on June 26 after being abducted from outside her school by two men.
Condemning the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that rapists were “burden on the earth” and do not deserve to live.
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly had unanimously passed a Bill last year awarding death penalty to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 and below.
The incident occurred last evening, and the accused identified as Ravichandra Bhat (48) was arrested this morning.
The girl was found in an unconscious state in the bushes near Laxman Darwaja and was admitted to a hospital
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