India's gang rape belt continues slide downhill

Western UP's notorious districts account for about half of all gang-rapes in the state

The alleged brutal gang-rape of four women in front of their husbands on the Bulandshahr-Jewar highway has again put the notorious region in the spotlight. This is the second such incident within a year in the same district. In July last year, a mother and daughter traveling by car from Noida were gang-raped while the men along with them were tied up in nearby fields. While the incident raises serious questions on law and order in UP, latest figures from the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) indicate that 14 per cent of all gang rapes in India were reported in