Seven years after a brutal gang rape on a new delhi bus, sexual violence remains an epidemic in india. As india’s supreme court continues to hear the case of a young kolkata doctor raped and murdered, experts tell cnn survivors are being failed by police, courts and the culture. A recent report by national crime records bureau (ncrb) reveals a grim picture of crimes against women in india In 2022, the country recorded 4,45,256 cases, which means 51 cases every hour. Reports of horrific sexual assaults on women have become familiar in india, where police recorded 31,516 rape cases in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to the national crime records bureau The real figure is believed to be far higher due to the stigma surrounding sexual violence and victims’ lack of faith in police.
The latest recorded data is for the year 2022, which reported 31,000 sexual assault cases in india The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across india, furious at persistently high levels of sexual violence despite legal reforms and.
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