14,231 custodial deaths were reported in India in the last decade. That’s 4 deaths per day.

 

21,467 cases of rape were reported in India in the year 2008. That’s 58 rapes in a single day.

 

8,172 cases of dowry death were reported the same year. That’s 22 deaths per day.

40,413 cases of molestation, another 12,214 for sexual harassment in the same year.

 

 

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