Are children safe in our country?
NEW DELHI: Government reports recently revealed that as many as 5,484 children were sexually assaulted and 1,408 others killed in different parts of India in 2010.
The latest National Crime Records Bureau data says 10,670 children were also kidnapped or abducted during the year in various states and union territories.
In the country capital 29 children were murdered and 304 others were raped in 2010.
In Madhya Pradesh during the last year 1,182 children were sexually assaulted while 315 children were killed in Uttar Pradesh, highest in the two categories of crimes.
According to the reports there were 211 incidents of murder of children in Maharashtra, another 200 such cases in Bihar and 124 victims in Madhya Pradesh.
Delhi has reported the highest number of kidnapping of children in the country that is 2,982, followed by Bihar- 1,359, Uttar Pradesh- 1,225, Maharashtra- 749, Rajasthan- 706, Andhra Pradesh- 581 and Gujarat- 565.
Also Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh recorded 747, 451 and 446 cases of sexual assault respectively in the last year. Similarly, 382 and 369 such incidents came to light in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
