Hyderabad is one of the fast developing metro cities in the country. While the city is fast becoming a leading IT city in India and turning the world’s attention towards its numerous possibilities of economic growth, Hyderabad has now bagged a not so pleasant honour. The cyber city is ranked seven in the list of Indian cities with highest number of rape cases.
According to the latest reports by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 126 rape cases have been registered in the city in 2014. Even alarming news is that 393 women have been assaulted in one year, making it an average of more than one woman victim per day. Apart from this, 115 sexual harassment, 35 cases of stalking by men who outraged they’re modesty and 12 cases of voyeurism were reported within a year.
The latest NCRB data stated that as many as 18,940 criminal cases have been filed in Hyderabad city in the last one year. The list was topped by the national capital New Delhi (1813 rapes), which has already been named the rape capital. The country’s financial capital Mumbai (607 rapes) ranked second in the list of highest sexual assaults against women.