There has been lot of agitation and anger over the rape of 5 year old girl in NCR region, which is good actually because unless people stand for some cause there is absolutely no serious work done or action taken against it.
But one thing I want to point out. People are worried that National Capital is becoming unsafe day by day. The fact is if you take out the newspapers of last 3 years only, one will find cases reported on rapes in every age group in almost everyday's paper. but now that people have become aware and are fighting for this issue, newspapers are also reporting the same as headlines or on the front page.
Rapes are one of the most common crime around the world. It has nothing to do with India or any developing country.
If we take data from UN statistics, the rape cases reported are highest in US. Apart from this, if we look at the statistics of the age of victims, 44% of the girls raped were below 18 years of age (Source: RAINN). In light of all the statistics, people should stop worrying whether NCR has become more unsafe or not and work on strict punishments for rapists and rules for safety for women.
