India Reports 87 Rapes Per Day: NCRB Data Amid Hathras Outrage

NCRB data shows that the rate of crimes against women has risen by 7.3% in 2019, as compared to 2018.

4,05,861– that’s the number of crimes against women in India in 2019, revealed the the Crime Record Bureau’s “Crime in India” data on 29 September, the same day a 19-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras succumbed to death.