(Please note that this story was written before the NCRB data for 2023 was released.)

A total of 89,038 (including Indian Penal Code (IPC) and State Local Laws (SLL)) cases of crimes against women have taken place in the state of Bihar between 2018 and 2022, Team WebQoof found.

That's a 16.32 per cent rise in the crimes against wome.

A string of recent gang-rape and abduction cases have been noted in Bihar, which has cast a spotlight on women’s safety shortly before the state's assembly elections . Summary

Some recent cases:

13 September: A 14-year-old girl was gang-raped in Nawada .

9 September: A newly-married woman was gang-raped in Kishanganj .

5 September: A woman was abducted and raped at gunpoint from Patna’s railway station.

11 August: A girl was abducted and

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