Delhi most unsafe city for women in India

Online desk: Two minor girls were raped every day in 2021 in the national capital, making it the most unsafe metropolitan city in the country for women, according to the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Delhi also recorded 13,892 cases of crimes against women in 2021, a significant surge of more than 40% compared to 2020 when the figure was 9,782, the data showed, PTI reported.

The cases of crimes against women in Delhi accounted for 32.20 per cent of total crimes in the category among all 19 metropolitan cities, according to the NCRB data.

Delhi reported 3,948 cases of abduction and kidnapping of women, out of a total of 8,664 cases in all metropolitan cities, while Delhi reported 2,022 cases of assault on women with intent to outrage their modesty last year.

There were 1,357 reported cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (girl child victims only) in 2021, the NCRB said. As many as 833 cases of girl child rape, the highest among the metropolitan cities, were reported in 2021, as per the data.