Is Delhi becoming rape capital?

New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI)Delhi seems to be the most unsafe
city among the four metros in India, with the Indian capital
witnessing a rape in every thousand minutes, if one goes by a
latest government data.

The Delhi city, excluding rural areas, witnessed a rape
every 1003.1 minute last year while for Mumbai the figure was
3020.7 minutes, the statistics prepared by National Crime
Records Bureau said.

Kolkata seems to be the safest among the metros where a
rape is reported only in 11,945.5 minutes. Chennai has a
sexual assault case in every 11,426 minutes.

The Delhi city last year recorded 524 incidents of rape
in which 483 cases were chargesheeted as against 695 and 533
respectively in 2006.

The number of cases in the three metros last year were:
Chennai -- 46, Kolkata -- 44 and Mumbai -- 174.

The whole of Delhi, including rural areas, registered 598
rape cases in 2007, that is, every 878.9 minutes, a rape is
taking place.

Interestingly, in Goa, which reports high-profile sexual
abuse cases, a rape case was reported only in 26,280 minutes.

Nagaland topped the list of the safest states, with a
rape reported only in 40,430 minutes. Among the safest Union
Territories, Daman and Diu, and Lakshadweep topped the list
with a rape only in 5,25,600 minutes.

The worst scenario was in Madhya Pradesh where every
174.6 minute, a woman was raped.

A total of 20,737 cases of rape were reported last year
registering a 7.2 per cent increase, with the central Indian
state of Madhya Pradesh topping the list of such incidents.

Madhya Pradesh accounted for 14.5 per cent of the total
cases, with 3,010 incidents of rape followed by the states of
West Bengal (2,106), Uttar Pradesh (1,648), Bihar (1,555) and
Rajasthan (1,238).

Offenders were known to the victims in as many as 19,188
cases (92.5 per cent) that included 6,902 incidents in which
neighbours were involved.

Parents or close family members were involved in 405
cases while in 1,448 cases relatives were on the wrong side.

Women in the age-group of 18-30 years were the largest
chunk among the victims (11,984) followed by 3,530 in the
age-group of 30-50 years. PTI SJY
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