Domestic Violence Against Women Underreported In India: Survey

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NEW DELHI – -The states with the highest record of serious injuries like burns, strangulations, dislocations and attacks with knives or other weapons are 28 percent in Tamil Nadu, 18 percent in Bihar, 15 percent each in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh, and 14 percent each in Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. The less severe instances of abuse when not reported widens the gap between reality and false estimation of data. As seen there are 58 percent fewer cases reported to the police in Bihar, 44 percent fewer in Tamil Nadu, 42.5 percent in Uttar Pradesh and 41percent in Manipur.

It is still a significant concern that there are such wide differences of records kept and cases reported for domestic violence  in the country, where the fight for justice and equality for women has become a primary subject for the government to consider.

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