129 rape cases reported in UP's Braj Region
According to the statistics available at the police headquarters in Agra, 27 rape cases have been reported in Aligarh, 25 in Agra, 26 in Mathura, 19 in Firozabad, 11 in Mainpuri, 9 in Etah, 6 in Kasganj and 6 rapes have been reported in Hathras in the past three months.
The Braj region was once famous as the land of Lord Krishna, but these days it is gaining the notoriety of being one of the most unsafe regions for the women in Uttar Pradesh, with over 129 cases of rape being reported in this region in the past 90 days.
According to the statistics available at the police headquarters in Agra, 27 rape cases have been reported in Aligarh, 25 in Agra, 26 in Mathura, 19 in Firozabad, 11 in Mainpuri, 9 in Etah, 6 in Kasganj and 6 rapes have been reported in Hathras in the past three months.
Aligarh, Agra, and Mathura are proving to be the most dangerous districts for women in this region, with an aggregate of 78 rapes taking place here between January and March this year.
These statistics do not report the rape cases that took place in the past 21 days of April in these districts, although two gruesome rape and murders were reported by the media in Etah district recently.
This spurt in rape cases in the past few months have the parents worried about the safety of their daughters, and the sales of pepper spray and small knives have been seeing an upward trend as more and more women and young girls arm themselves with these for personal safety.
While speaking to India Today, a senior police official claimed that in the past three months, 260 people had been accused in the 129 rape cases registered by the police. Out of which 22 were not prosecuted and given clean chit. While 140 of the 205 remaining accused have been sent to jail, 10 have surrendered in the court and 55 are absconding.
The Braj region was once famous as the land of Lord Krishna, but these days it is gaining the notoriety of being one of the most unsafe regions for the women in Uttar Pradesh, with over 129 cases of rape being reported in this region in the past 90 days.
According to the statistics available at the police headquarters in Agra, 27 rape cases have been reported in Aligarh, 25 in Agra, 26 in Mathura, 19 in Firozabad, 11 in Mainpuri, 9 in Etah, 6 in Kasganj and 6 rapes have been reported in Hathras in the past three months.
Aligarh, Agra, and Mathura are proving to be the most dangerous districts for women in this region, with an aggregate of 78 rapes taking place here between January and March this year.
These statistics do not report the rape cases that took place in the past 21 days of April in these districts, although two gruesome rape and murders were reported by the media in Etah district recently.
This spurt in rape cases in the past few months have the parents worried about the safety of their daughters, and the sales of pepper spray and small knives have been seeing an upward trend as more and more women and young girls arm themselves with these for personal safety.
While speaking to India Today, a senior police official claimed that in the past three months, 260 people had been accused in the 129 rape cases registered by the police. Out of which 22 were not prosecuted and given clean chit. While 140 of the 205 remaining accused have been sent to jail, 10 have surrendered in the court and 55 are absconding.
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