Aizawl, July 8 NNN : As many as 40 cases of rape have been registered in Mizoram in the first four months of this year. Which means that, of the 121 days there has been one rape case in every three days from January to April.
Moreover, as recorded by CID (Crime), out of the 40 rape cases that had been registered, 32 (80%) cases are those in which the victim is a minor age; only 8 cases are adult victims.The record further indicates that 10 cases are registered every month on average this year, a rising trend comparing to last year record that shows 6.4 cases every month on average. Moreover, out of the 77 rape incidents that occurred last year, 49 (63.63%) are that of against children, it rises to 80% this year.
According to the record of CID, during the last 5 years and 4 months (64 months), 452 rape cases had been registered in Mizoram, which taken on average indicates 7.06 cases registered every month. And, of the total 452 rape victims, 260 (57.52%) are children.
During the last 64 months, 450 persons were arrested against 452 rape cases, which indicate that one person raped more than one woman.
C.Lalthansangi, Counsellor, Centre for Peace & Development, who presented a paper at the seminar conducted by Academy of Integrated Christian Studies (AICS) recently at I&PR Auditorium, Aizawl, stated that in 2007 and 2009 there were 83 rape cases, in 2008 and 2011 there were 77 cases, while in 2010, there were 92 rape cases. The reason for the high increase of rape cases in 2010 is because of the popularity of mobile phone in Mizoram; which in turn led to the spread of sex videos, C. Lalthansangi affirmed.
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