Bhilai Borkhedi village, Madhya Pradesh: The horrific crimes against women just refuse to cease. a tribal woman was allegedly gang-raped by 10 men, including her husband, in Madhya Pradesh's Bhilai Borkhedi village. She was also allegedly made to drink urine and paraded semi-naked in the village.
A few months ago, the woman and her husband had a dispute over a piece of land, following which he allegedly attacked her with an axe. The woman registered a complaint with the police and then moved into her parents' house in another village along with her 10-year-old son.
On Tuesday night, the woman's husband allegedly asked her to meet him in their village to reach a "compromise" in the axe attack case.
When the woman and her son reached their husband's village, they were allegedly tied up and locked in a store room by the husband and nine other men.
The woman was then allegedly thrashed and gang-raped.
She has also alleged that when she pleaded for some water, the accused urinated on her and made her drink it. They then paraded the woman in the village in a semi-nude state.
The woman was rescued by her relatives on Thursday after they found out that she was locked in the store room. She has been admitted to a hospital and her condition is now said to be stable.
All the 10 accused have been arrested and booked for gang-rape and assault. "According to the woman she was gang-raped and kept captive in her husband's house for three days...
The husband has denied the gang-rape charges. "I only slapped her and beat her with sticks," he said.
The case is the latest in a string of horrific sexual crimes against women that have been reported this month.
Nearly 13,000 women raped in Assam in eight years
Nearly 13,000 women have been raped in the last eight years in Assam, official sources said.
State Home Department officials said 12,857 women were raped between 2005 and May 2013 and 59 of them were killed after rape.
Of the 8,181 cases filed against rape, 76 per cent of them were acted upon with 12,216 people arrested for committing the crime, the officials said.
The reasons for increase in crimes against women were attributed to rising population, social and family tension, gender discrimination, poverty, lack of job opportunity and insufficient manpower in the law enforcement agencies.
Atrocity against women were not only limited to rape, it also included torture for dowry which claimed the lives of 1,069 women in the state.
A total of 1,671 persons were arrested for cases related to dowry torture and death, they said.
Another 66 women became victims of witch hunting and 408 persons were arrested in the 55 cases registered against such crimes.
Meanwhile, officials said that due to various preventive measures and awareness programmes undertaken by the government, the incidences of witch-hunting deaths have come down to 14 in 2012 from 29 the previous year.
Thousands of women have been abducted in the previous years. Of the 19,902 cases of women abduction registered, 14,488 were related to marriage.
A total of 9,032 people were arrested on abduction charge and 113 of them were jailed for the crime, the officials said.
The officials said many kidnappings happen for marriage and most of them end in reconciliation or compromise at a later stage, officials said.
For instance, of the 3,764 kidnapping cases reported in 2011, 2,715 (70 per cent) were of this nature, they said.
Of the total 14,285 persons arrested during the eight years, 1,729 were convicted by courts, while trial of the rest was on, sources said.
Thirty Women Cells were created and operationalised under the state Chief Minister's Vision 2016 in all the district police stations with adequate number of sanctioned posts of women police personnel.
Capacity building of police personnel has been done through in house and specialised agencies, while senior officers were directed to closely supervise all such cases for effective results and visible action, the officials said.
State Home Department officials said 12,857 women were raped between 2005 and May 2013 and 59 of them were killed after rape.
Of the 8,181 cases filed against rape, 76 per cent of them were acted upon with 12,216 people arrested for committing the crime, the officials said.
The reasons for increase in crimes against women were attributed to rising population, social and family tension, gender discrimination, poverty, lack of job opportunity and insufficient manpower in the law enforcement agencies.
Atrocity against women were not only limited to rape, it also included torture for dowry which claimed the lives of 1,069 women in the state.
A total of 1,671 persons were arrested for cases related to dowry torture and death, they said.
Another 66 women became victims of witch hunting and 408 persons were arrested in the 55 cases registered against such crimes.
Meanwhile, officials said that due to various preventive measures and awareness programmes undertaken by the government, the incidences of witch-hunting deaths have come down to 14 in 2012 from 29 the previous year.
Thousands of women have been abducted in the previous years. Of the 19,902 cases of women abduction registered, 14,488 were related to marriage.
A total of 9,032 people were arrested on abduction charge and 113 of them were jailed for the crime, the officials said.
The officials said many kidnappings happen for marriage and most of them end in reconciliation or compromise at a later stage, officials said.
For instance, of the 3,764 kidnapping cases reported in 2011, 2,715 (70 per cent) were of this nature, they said.
Of the total 14,285 persons arrested during the eight years, 1,729 were convicted by courts, while trial of the rest was on, sources said.
Thirty Women Cells were created and operationalised under the state Chief Minister's Vision 2016 in all the district police stations with adequate number of sanctioned posts of women police personnel.
Capacity building of police personnel has been done through in house and specialised agencies, while senior officers were directed to closely supervise all such cases for effective results and visible action, the officials said.
Crimes Against Women up in Six North East States; Assam Tops List
Crimes against women in six of the eight Northeastern states increased significantly in the last year compared to the year before as Assam led the list, although Manipur and Mizoram registered a downward trend.
At the all-India level, Assam remains in the seventh place, like in the previous year. The list is headed by Andhra Pradesh, followed by Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, the National Crime Records Bureau said in its Crime in India, 2013, report.
West Bengal, which reported the highest rate of crime against women in 2012, has been relegated to third place in 2013, behind Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Reported instances of crimes against women in Assam jumped to 17,449 in 2013 as against 13,544 the previous year.
In Tripura, between 2013 and the previous year, it had risen to 1,628 from 1,559 while Meghalaya saw a jump to 343 from 255. In Arunachal Pradesh, it was up from 201 to 288, in Sikkim to 93 from 68 and in Nagaland to 67 from 51.
Manipur and Mizoram, however, recorded a slide in crimes against women with the incident rate in the former falling to 285 from 304 while the latter saw it drop from 199 to 177.
Assam heads the list for all recorded crimes against women, including rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and his relatives.
The state reported 1,937 incidents of rape in 2013 as against 1,716 the previous year. It was followed by Tripura, which saw 233 such cases as against 229 in 2012.
In Meghalaya, the number of rape cases increased to 183 from 164, in Arunachal Pradesh to 75 from 46, in Manipur to 72 from 63, in Sikkim to 43 from 34 and in Nagaland to 31 from 21.
Mizoram was the only state in the region which witnessed a drop in rape case, with such incidents coming down to 89 from 103 the year before.
In crimes related to kidnapping and abduction, Assam's rate increased significantly to 4,222 from 3,360 while in Tripura it went from 114 to 124.
Among other states to register an increase were Arunachal Pradesh (from 58 to 86), Meghalaya (from 24 to 33), Sikkim (from 10 to 16) and Nagaland (from 10 to 11).
Manipur recorded a downward trend in kidnapping and abduction with a drop to 125 from 133 the previous year while in Mizoram it decreased from three to two.
As to dowry deaths, it was Assam again which led the list with 170 deaths reported over 140 the previous year. Tripura saw a decline here -- to 29 from 37 -- while in Meghalaya it increased to two from one. Nagaland, which reported no dowry deaths in the earlier years, saw one incident.
Neither Arunachal Pradesh nor Sikkim reported any dowry deaths in 2013 although, in the previous year, both states had a case each.
In Manipur and Mizoram, no dowry deaths were reported in either year.
Assam also recorded the highest incidence of 8,636 cases of cruelty by husband and his relatives towards women, which was up from 6,407 the previous year.
In Tripura, incidents of cruelty came down from 858 to 827 last year, in Manipur it was down from 43 to 29 and in Mizoram from eight to five.
Incidents of cruelty increased from 26 to 29 in Arunachal Pradesh and went from 16 to 23 in Meghalaya. In Sikkim, the jump was from four to five while, in Nagaland, four cases were reported as against none the previous year.
At the all-India level, Assam remains in the seventh place, like in the previous year. The list is headed by Andhra Pradesh, followed by Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, the National Crime Records Bureau said in its Crime in India, 2013, report.
West Bengal, which reported the highest rate of crime against women in 2012, has been relegated to third place in 2013, behind Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Reported instances of crimes against women in Assam jumped to 17,449 in 2013 as against 13,544 the previous year.
In Tripura, between 2013 and the previous year, it had risen to 1,628 from 1,559 while Meghalaya saw a jump to 343 from 255. In Arunachal Pradesh, it was up from 201 to 288, in Sikkim to 93 from 68 and in Nagaland to 67 from 51.
Manipur and Mizoram, however, recorded a slide in crimes against women with the incident rate in the former falling to 285 from 304 while the latter saw it drop from 199 to 177.
Assam heads the list for all recorded crimes against women, including rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and his relatives.
The state reported 1,937 incidents of rape in 2013 as against 1,716 the previous year. It was followed by Tripura, which saw 233 such cases as against 229 in 2012.
In Meghalaya, the number of rape cases increased to 183 from 164, in Arunachal Pradesh to 75 from 46, in Manipur to 72 from 63, in Sikkim to 43 from 34 and in Nagaland to 31 from 21.
Mizoram was the only state in the region which witnessed a drop in rape case, with such incidents coming down to 89 from 103 the year before.
In crimes related to kidnapping and abduction, Assam's rate increased significantly to 4,222 from 3,360 while in Tripura it went from 114 to 124.
Among other states to register an increase were Arunachal Pradesh (from 58 to 86), Meghalaya (from 24 to 33), Sikkim (from 10 to 16) and Nagaland (from 10 to 11).
Manipur recorded a downward trend in kidnapping and abduction with a drop to 125 from 133 the previous year while in Mizoram it decreased from three to two.
As to dowry deaths, it was Assam again which led the list with 170 deaths reported over 140 the previous year. Tripura saw a decline here -- to 29 from 37 -- while in Meghalaya it increased to two from one. Nagaland, which reported no dowry deaths in the earlier years, saw one incident.
Neither Arunachal Pradesh nor Sikkim reported any dowry deaths in 2013 although, in the previous year, both states had a case each.
In Manipur and Mizoram, no dowry deaths were reported in either year.
Assam also recorded the highest incidence of 8,636 cases of cruelty by husband and his relatives towards women, which was up from 6,407 the previous year.
In Tripura, incidents of cruelty came down from 858 to 827 last year, in Manipur it was down from 43 to 29 and in Mizoram from eight to five.
Incidents of cruelty increased from 26 to 29 in Arunachal Pradesh and went from 16 to 23 in Meghalaya. In Sikkim, the jump was from four to five while, in Nagaland, four cases were reported as against none the previous year.
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