The Supreme Court on Tuesday said women were being raped “left, right and centre” in the country. The top court, referring to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, said a woman is raped every six hours in the country. “What is to be done? Girls and women are getting raped left, right and centre,” PTI quoted a bench comprising Justices M B Lokur, Deepak Gupta and K M Joseph as saying. According to NCRB data, 38,947 women were raped in India in 2016.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said women were being raped “left, right and centre” in the country. The top court, referring to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, said a woman is raped every six hours in the country. “What is to be done? Girls and women are getting raped left, right and centre,” PTI quoted a bench comprising Justices M B Lokur, Deepak Gupta and K M Joseph as saying. According to NCRB data, 38,947 women were raped in India in 2016.