Odisha saw 5,935 rapes in three years

BHUBANESWAR: 42 CASES RELATING TO INCIDENTS OF OBJECTIONABLE VIDEOS OF WOMEN GOING VIRAL HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN 2015, WHILE 40 CASES OF CYBERCRIME WERE REGISTERED IN 2016

A total of 175 women have become victims of objectionable videos going viral in the last three years in Odisha, while 5,935 rape cases have been reported during the period, chief minister Naveen Patnaik told the assembly on Monday.

Replying to a written question from Congress legislator Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the chief minister said that 42 cases related to incidents of objectionable videos of women going viral on social media have been registered in 2015, while 40 cases of cybercrime were registered in 2016.

The incidents increased in the current year with 93 cases registered by September-end this year, taking the total cases relating to cybercrime between 2015 and 2017 to 1,261, he said.

Also, 5,935 rape cases have been registered in the last three years. Of these, 2,286 cases were reported in 2015 with 109 of them being those of gangrape.

The figure in 2016 was 2,144 rape cases and 96 gang rape cases. Similarly, 1,505 rape cases and 83 gang rape cases have been reported till September this year, said Patnaik, adding that chargesheets in 3,040 rape cases have been filed in the last three years.