There is no mention of women of a particular religion as victims.Ģ. Rape victims are categorized into age groups.As can be seen, there are two broad categories under which crimes of rape are tabulated- Age group of the victims, and offenders’ relation to the victims. The data shown below is a tabulation of the incidents of rape across different states in 2016. We have posted below relevant screenshots from the ‘Crime in India’ 2016 report. There is no reference to religion as a category for recording crime. According to the methodology section adopted in 2016, it is the ‘population’ segment that defines the demography on the basis of which crimes are recorded in the document. The last report by the NCRB on ‘Crime in India’ which catalogs incidents of crime committed in 2016.
National Crime Record Bureau(NCRB) is the nodal agency for the compilation of statistics on crime in India. Does NCRB record rape crimes on the basis of religion? It is evident from this message that a fear psychosis is sought to be created among members of the majority community by portraying Muslims as sexual predators. The provocative claim has also been shared on Twitter and Facebook. (UPDATE: The tweet has now been deleted, a screenshot of the original tweet has been reproduced below) Hegde is also followed by PM Modi on Twitter. At the time of writing, Hegde’s tweet has been retweeted more than 1200 times. This message states that these figures are from the year 2016.Īmong those who have shared, it is Mahesh Vikram Hegde, founder of fake news website PostCard News on July 3, albeit without reference to the NCRB report. It claims that Muslim men are responsible for an overwhelming number of rapes and that most of the victims are non-Muslim women.
This message is currently circulating on social media platforms. Of the total 84734 rape cases, 81000 rapes had a Muslim rapist and 96% of the victims are non-Muslims and with an increase in their population, number of rapes will also increase -translation).
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