Rape[Istan] - US charity worker allegedly raped in West Bengal, Rape cases went up by 158 per cent this year in Delhi.

Rape[Istan] - US charity worker allegedly raped in West Bengal, Rape cases went up by 158 per cent this year in Delhi.(NDtv).

Delhi has witnessed a surge in crime against women this year with rape cases recording 158 per cent rise while molestation and eve-teasing incidents went up by 600 and over 700 per cent, respectively.

According to statistics released by Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar today, the national capital reported 463 rape cases this year till April 15 as against 179 during the same period last year.

While molestation cases showed 600 per cent rise this year (from 139 to 973 cases), eve teasing cases increased by 783.67 per cent (from 49 to 433 cases). He also said 85 per cent of rape cases this year have been cracked while the figures for molestation and eve teasing are 86 and 95.8 per cent.

"Is it humanely possible for police to prevent a case like this (the rape of five-year-old girl) when somebody lures a girl into a room (and rape her)? Rapes are opportunistic crimes confined to private space. "97 per cent of rapes are committed in houses. Only three per cent of rapes are committed by strangers," he said.

Police in eastern India have arrested a local businessman for allegedly raping a US charity worker, an official said on Friday, as anger grows over the high incidence of sexual crime in the country.

"Dinesh Burman, 40, was arrested on Thursday after an American woman lodged a complaint with police," said Kaliappan Jayaraman, the police commissioner of Siliguri, in West Bengal, where the crime allegedly occurred.

The US national, in her 50s, said Burman, a land broker and businessman, raped her on April 15 and threatened her with violence if she approached the police, Jayaraman told AFP over the telephone.
Siliguri, which lies in the foothills of the Himalayas, is located 460 kilometres (290 miles) north of Kolkata.

A six-year-old girl was found with her throat slit near a public toilet in the Badarpur area of south Delhi on Friday evening, according to reports. The police say they are awaiting a medical report to confirm if the child was raped.

The girl is currently in critical condition and underwent a three-hour long operation at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences' (AIIMS).

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by four men at the residence of her friend, also a minor girl, who lives in the same locality in Vakola in western Mumbai.

The girl in her complaint said on Thursday evening one of her girlfriends invited her to her house, where four men, all known to her, were already present. The teen says she was given a drink, spiked with sedatives and as she fell unconscious, the men raped her.

The boys were arrested today, but her friend has not been apprehended as yet. Hmmm.....This town and Country is becoming a hellhole.Read the full story here.