Top Law News Rapes in India rise by 873 percent from 1953 December 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment According to the CPI-M’s “People’s Democracy” latest edition which has been released recently, “The number of rapes in India shot up from 1953 to 2001 by a staggering 873 percent.” “Sexual crimes against women have been rising alarmingly all across the country,” it said in the wake of the brutal gang-rape of a young woman in […] Read more » cognizable crimes CPI-M's "People's Democracy gang-rape of a young woman in a bus Home Secretary R K Singh rapes in India Sexual crimes against women