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In 3 years, Odisha registers over 15,000 rape cases

krishna murthy
Replying to a written question by Congress MLA S S Saluja, he said that 10,129 cases of rape of adults, and 5,584 cases of rape of minor girls, were registered with various police stations in the state during the period.
He said that 2,950 cases of rape of adults were recorded in 2019, 2,984 in 2020, 3,327 last year and 868 till April this year.
Of the 5,584 cases of rape of girls, 1,635 were registered in 2019, 1,646 in 2020 and 1,871 in 2021, and 432 till April this year, he said.
Replying to a separate question by BJD's Prafulla Samal, Behera said that as many as 16,059 women, 1,732 girls and 183 boys remained untraced since their missing reports were registered with police during this period.
Also, the state reported 320 dowry deaths in 2020 and 293 in 2021.
The number of registered dowry deaths till April 2022 is 85.
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