In Maharashtra, crimes against women and children increased, with a rise in rape cases. The number of schools and enrollments decreased, with higher drop-out ratios.
However, crimes against children were reduced by 12.33 % in Pune city in 2022, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) annual report
Telangana’s ruling TRS threw out party leader Sheikh Sajid Khan from the party after the police registered a case of rape against the vice chairman of Nirmal municipality
Police said they learnt of the 14-year-old girl’s rape only after her arrest for murder. The teenager, a daughter of a migrant worker, was first raped by her cousin in October 2020, and later his friends.