8,800 cases of rape on children were registered in 2015: NCRB

3,149 cases of rape (35.8%) were reported under POSCO in 2015

How safe are you? As the Supreme Court rejected a 10-year-old rape survivor’s plea to terminate her pregnancy, more cases of sexual abuse of children are being reported. In another case this May, the Supreme Court had allowed a child, who was allegedly raped by her stepfather, to undergo an abortion.

In 2015, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for the first time had tabulated data in terms of relationship of the victim and the accused in cases involving rape. According to the data compiled by the NCRB for 2015, 8,800 cases of rape on children