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India witnessed over 34,600 cases of rape last year, with Madhya Pradesh and Delhi recording the maximum numbers in the list of states and union territories respectively, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Tuesday.
Among these, in 33,098 cases the offenders were known to the victims. Madhya Pradesh reported 4,391 rape cases, while the national capital reported 2,199 such cases.
Nearly 3.27 lakh cases of crimes against women were reported across the country.
Of these over 1.3 lakh were sexual offences — 1.2 lakh in states and 9,445 in union territories. The sexual offences cases included rape, attempt to commit rape, assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty and insult to modesty of women.
Of the total sexual offences against women, Maharashtra reported a highest of 16,989 cases, followed by 12,887 in Madhya Pradesh and 11,343 in Uttar Pradesh.
As many as 9,359 such offences were reported in Odisha, 8,873 in Rajasthan, 8,274 in West Bengal, 8,049 in Andhra Pradesh and 6,044 in Telangana. Chhattisgarh reported 3,500 such cases, 1,743 in Gujarat, 1,738 in Bihar and 270 in Goa.
Among the union territories, Delhi has reported 9,104 sexual offences against women, followed by 164 in Chandigarh, 98 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 47 in Puducherry, 13 in Dadar and Nagar Haveli, 12 in Daman and Diu and seven in Lakshadweep, the data said.
The states that reported most criminal cases against women:
Source: PTI
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