Rape in India has been described by Radha Kumar as one of India's most common crimes against women and by the UN's human-rights chief as a “
According to a BBC report in February 2013, more than 7,200 children are raped each year in India. Underage victims who do report the assaults are often subjected to mistreatment and humiliation from the police. A landmark government survey in 2007 revealed that a lot of children in India are physically abused and that such occurrences are ″disturbingly common
Just recently Authorities in West Bengal state arrested 13 men for participating in the gang rape of a young woman. The suspects supposedly acted on orders from the local village council. “Rape, dowry deaths, molestation, sexual harassment, and other crimes against women rose by 6.4 percent in 2012 from the previous year.” Ask the Lord to physically and emotionally heal the young woman. Pray for the government to prosecute the suspects to the fullest extent of the law. Pray for an end to sexual violence in India
Source : http://win1040.com/prayer_points.php
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_India
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