Rape cases log slender drop in Odisha
Odisha witnessed a marginal dip in rape cases in 2023 in comparison to 2022. Despite the drop, the State around eight rape cases during 2023, stated a white paper tabled in the State assembly.
Odisha witnessed a marginal dip in rape cases in 2023 in comparison to 2022. Despite the drop, the State around eight rape cases during 2023, stated a white paper tabled in the State assembly.
Legal experts are of the view that lower conviction rate is a worrying development in the state.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its 2021 annual report, released yesterday, statistically charted the desert state with as many as 6,337 rape cases, 1,027 cases more than the preceding year, 2020, and 340 more than in 2019.
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On August 15, a 13-year-old girl was raped and killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district and her body found in a sugarcane field.
The police has registered a case against one Arjun of Dehribhar village and another unidentified man on the basis of a written complaint from the victim's mother.
On the day of the incident, she was playing outside her house when the accused, on the pretext of playing games on his mobile phone, took her to his residence, where he raped her in the absence of his parents.
