Are Indian Cities Safe for Western Women or Women in General?

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Is city unsafe for women?​

HYDERABAD: The alleged rape of an American national on Wednesday was the first such case involving a foreign national to be reported in the city in the last three years. Yet, it has led to serious concerns among Hyderabadis who feel that the Nizam's land is no longer a safe place for women.

Though police records show a decline in the number of rape cases, from 60 in 2008 to 45 in 2009, Hyderabad's women say they are little convinced with the figures. With incidents of eve-teasing, acid attacks and even molestation becoming a common affair, they fear that rape cases too could soon see a spurt in numbers. Apart from the lack of patrolling at public places, especially bus stands and railway stations, denizens blame the sloppy legal system for the rise in such crimes.

"Incidents of crime go up when people know they can get away with it," said Chandana Chakravarty, a social activist, adding, "We routinely hear of women being molested on the deserted streets of Jubilee Hills. Also, it has become very difficult for young girls to wait at bus stands after dark these days. They are often hounded by unscrupulous characters."

Though Hyderabad, unlike other metros in India, is far from being `critically unsafe' for women, city old-timers say that reports of assault on the fairer sex have considerably increased over the last five-six years. Be it the plush Banjara Hills-HiTec City stretch or the narrow bylanes of Old City, areas are increasingly becoming unsafe for women post sunset.

"No area is better than the other now. Banjara Hills might be upmarket but it also registers the highest number of raids conducted relating to human trafficking. So one cannot feel at peace even in plush localities," said Sunitha Krishnan of Prajwala that works with victims of trafficking. She, however, expressed shock over Wednesday's incident. "This is the first time I have heard of a foreign national being raped in the city. This is traumatising," she said.

The incident came as a surprise even for the city police who said that such cases are usually far and few. In fact rape cases involving locals, they said, was also not a massive problem. "On the contrary, for the January to May period, which reported as many as 27 rape cases in 2008, this has dropped to 17 this year. It is still an issue but not as grave as other crimes," said S Umapathi, inspector general, women's protection cell.

Is city unsafe for women? - Hyderabad - City - The Times of India

 

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Here is a recent article of a previous rape of an American woman.

Man held for attempting rape on American national​

Press Trust Of India
Dehra Dun, June 29, 2010

A man, working as a bus conductor in Delhi, was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape an American national in Mussoorie near here, police said on Tuesday 22-year-old Sandip Kumar, a resident of Sonepat in Haryana, was arrested after 24-year-old woman lodged an FIR against him on Monday night, They The woman, who hails from California, said in her complaint that she met Sandip on Monday at Kempty Falls, a famous tourist spot of Mussoorie. On their way back, they consumed liquor together at a restaurant. As she came back to her hotel room, Sandip also followed her and made a rape attempt on her, police said.

The woman, however, managed to run away from the hotel and lodged the complaint with the nearest police station.

Sandip works as a conductor in DTC buses in New Delhi, police said.

Man held for attempting rape on American national - Hindustan Times

 

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The recent rape of American has made U.S. news as "Worst Crime of the Week."

Worst crimes of the week: American woman 'raped' in Hyd​

Today's crime file opens with the case of an American woman who was raped and robbed at knife point in Hyderabad. In yet another case of "honour killing" in the capital, a class IV government employee and his lover were murdered allegedly by the woman's husband and cousins. In Tamil Nadu, the father, brother and uncle of a woman killed her lover with whom she had eloped a few days after she was married off to a man of her parents' choice.


30-year-old US national raped at knife point

Hyderabad: A 30-year-old American woman working with the Clinton Foundation was allegedly raped at knife point in a posh area of Hyderabad early Wednesday morning.

The woman told the police that at around 4 am, an unidentified man broke into her Banjara Hills penthouse and raped her at knife point. She tried to call the watchman but he was missing. She lodged a complaint with Banjara Hills police station at 8 am.

"She said an unidentified person broke into her house while she was asleep. When she woke up and saw him, he attacked her, pinned her down and tried to tie her hands. When she started shouting, he gagged her and threatened her with the knife and sexually assaulted her," Banjara Hills SHO H Sudarshan said.

The incident has shocked the police and public as Banjara Hills is the address of Hyderabad's elite -- N Chandrababu Naidu, Mohammed Azharuddin, P Gopichand and Sania Mirza are among those who reside here. Several foreigners working in top IT companies and corporates also live in Banjara Hills.

The woman was living alone in the penthouse since October 2009. Banjara Hills Police said the penthouse could be reached by a staircase on the outside. Sniffer dogs could not trace the scent beyond the main road, indicating that the attacker may have come in a vehicle. "So far we have not got any concrete leads on who might have attacked her. She is at present taking treatment at a private hospital.

Based on the description given by the woman, we have prepared sketches and a massive manhunt has been launched," Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) Stephen Ravindra said. The police suspect involvement of a watchman who left sometime back The police initially said that the woman had also claimed that her attacker robbed her of American and Indian currency amounting to Rs 5 lakh. However, the loss of valuables or cash has not been mentioned in the FIR.

Ravindra said they were only investigating the sexual assault angle and that the woman later denied that she was robbed too.

The assault on a foreigner living in the city prompted Commissioner of Police A K Khan to pay a visit to the victim. He is personally monitoring the investigation.

Worst crimes of the week: American woman 'raped' in Hyd - 1 -  News ? MSN India

 

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Resisting rape bid, girl shot dead in Lakhimpur Kheri​

Lucknow: A teenage Dalit girl was shot dead by a neighbour in Mailani area of Lakhimpur Kheri after she resisted his rape attempt on Thursday evening.
The complainant, Savitri Devi of Gajodharpur village, alleged that the Sikh youth, Harpreet, had barged into her house around 5 pm carrying a rifle. Threatening her with the gun, he caught hold of her daughter Sita (14) and dragged her to another room. He shot Sita when she put up a resistance, said Ramakant Prasad, the ASP, Kheri.

According to police, the girl was shot in the head and died on the spot. A wait is on for the postmortem report. The youth had been harassing the girl for several days, but the victim or her mother had never informed the police.

The Superintendent of Police, Lakhimpur Kheri, RK Bhardwaj, said a manhunt is on in the area and the assailant will be arrested soon.

http://news.in.msn.com/crimefile/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4140163&page=11

 

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Sisters rescued from brothel, two arrested​

Pune: The Faraskhana police on Tuesday arrested two illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from a brothel in Budhwar Peth for forcing two sisters into prostitution.One of them is a minor.

The police arrested Reshma Barek Haldar (27) and Kamrul Rashid Mulla (26) for forcing the two sisters from Bangladesh into flesh trade. One of the sisters is 21 and other is 17.

Investigating officer, police sub-inspector Venkat Gangalwad said the duo was arrested from third floor of Janata Building in Budhwar Peth and they were rescued from the same place.

Both of them had been promised lucrative jobs and were trafficked to Pune from Balgladesh a few days ago.

Gangalwad said, "We had received a complaint about Mulla from a girl who was rescued from the same area on May 19. "Both the arrested persons do not have legal document for their stay in India. The duo has also been booked under Section 14 of Foreign Citizens Act 1946 along with Sections, 344, 363, 366 of Indian Penal Code.

Worst crimes of the week: American woman 'raped' in Hyd - 4 -  News ? MSN India

 

[nForce]

Until recently,Goa was being considered quite unsafe for foreigner women,as their had been some rape cases there.But,after the Police took necessary actions,normalcy has been restored.
So far,as the various other cities are concerned,they can be widely regarded to be safe.Indian women,unlike women in many other countries,are empowered by the state.Many women work,travel and stay alone in the cities.Besides there are special Police cells that are specially made to help women,with Mobile patrol.In the cities,the Indian Police provide emergency distress call services(like calling 911 in USA).In India that is known as Dial 100.

The cities like Mumbai and Delhi had been quite unsafe back in the 1980s and even during 1990s.Kolkata,Bangalore or Chennai have always been relatively calm place.

But situations are far better now.I can see the difference with my own eyes.Majority of the girls who work along with me in my office have come from various other places.They rent apartments together in some of the housing societies to stay and travel alone in public transports like bus or metro.In India,buses have a specific number of seats reserved for the women for their convenience,trains have a few number of coaches reserved for women only.

The homicidal rate in India has been 2.82 per 100,000,while the same for the neighbouring countries like China,Bangladesh,Pakistan and Srilanka are 2.36,2.64,6.86 and 6.69 respectively.

The following link is about a statistical view of number of rapes all over the World.

Rapes (per capita) (most recent) by country

It shows India,to be in considerable good light.

 

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Until recently,Goa was being considered quite unsafe for foreigner women,as their had been some rape cases there.But,after the Police took necessary actions,normalcy has been restored.
So far,as the various other cities are concerned,they can be widely regarded to be safe.Indian women,unlike women in many other countries,are empowered by the state.Many women work,travel and stay alone in the cities.Besides there are special Police cells that are specially made to help women,with Mobile patrol.In the cities,the Indian Police provide emergency distress call services(like calling 911 in USA).In India that is known as Dial 100.

The cities like Mumbai and Delhi had been quite unsafe back in the 1980s and even during 1990s.Kolkata,Bangalore or Chennai have always been relatively calm place.

But situations are far better now.I can see the difference with my own eyes.Majority of the girls who work along with me in my office have come from various other places.They rent apartments together in some of the housing societies to stay and travel alone in public transports like bus or metro.In India,buses have a specific number of seats reserved for the women for their convenience,trains have a few number of coaches reserved for women only.

The homicidal rate in India has been 2.82 per 100,000,while the same for the neighbouring countries like China,Bangladesh,Pakistan and Srilanka are 2.36,2.64,6.86 and 6.69 respectively.

The following link is about a statistical view of number of rapes all over the World.

Rapes (per capita) (most recent) by country

It shows India,to be in considerable good light.

India has a country does not have a problem with rapes...but Indian cities do have a big problem.Starting on top is Delhi.

 

[Flayre]

Yeah. It's not that big of a deal...until an American is on the receiving end. Then suddenly it becomes a sh!tstorm.

 

[nForce]

Yeah. It's not that big of a deal...until an American is on the receiving end. Then suddenly it becomes a sh!tstorm.

Explain yourself please...

 

[CardSharp]

Explain yourself please...

I think he means that rape cases that happen everyday to Indian woman doesn't get the same attention. Rape is a hateful crime and it should be persecuted with vigor whenever it occurs.

 

[nForce]

I think he means that rape cases that happen everyday to Indian woman doesn't get the same attention. Rape is a hateful crime and it should be persecuted with vigor whenever it occurs.

Foreigners are like guest to the country.If they become victim to crime,it is sure to hit the front page of the newspaper.
Indian Police is particularly sensitive about crime against women in general,with a special cell to address the issues

 

[Freedom]

rape rate by country.....

# 1 United States: 95,136
# 2 South Africa: 52,425
# 3 Canada: 24,350
# 4 Australia: 15,630
# 5 India: 15,468
# 6 Mexico: 14,373
# 7 United Kingdom: 13,395
# 8 Germany: 8,615
# 9 France: 8,458
# 10 Russia: 6,978

now u can calculate that which country is not safe for woman.....

 

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rape rate by country.....

# 1 United States: 95,136
# 2 South Africa: 52,425
# 3 Canada: 24,350
# 4 Australia: 15,630
# 5 India: 15,468
# 6 Mexico: 14,373
# 7 United Kingdom: 13,395
# 8 Germany: 8,615
# 9 France: 8,458
# 10 Russia: 6,978

now u can calculate that which country is not safe for woman.....

What is your defination of rape? if you dont mind me asking

 

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What is your defination of rape? if you dont mind me asking

Rape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Freedom]

What is your defination of rape? if you dont mind me asking

RAPE : In criminal law, rape is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with another person without that person's consent. Outside of law, the term is often used interchangeably with sexual assault, a closely related (but in most jurisdictions technically distinct) form of assault typically including rape and other forms of non-consensual sexual activity.