No end to crime

Since the 2012 brutal gangrape of a 22-year-old woman, Delhi has been named as the country’s “rape capital”, and rightly so. According to data compiled by the Delhi police on crimes against women, at least four women were raped every day on an average between 2012 and 2015 in Delhi. In these four years, the number of rape cases increased threefold. This shows how misogyny and patriarchy is on the rise. The recent Bulandshahr rape case has brought out the appalling reality of safety of women in India.

Drishti Singh

New Delhi

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