Last year, there were 24,923 cases of rape reported in India, according to the government’s official statistics. But the actual figure is believed to be far higher with experts saying women are reluctant to file complaints for fear of social stigma in the socially conservative nation. In the lead-up to the sentencing, there had been a huge outcry for the four — Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh — to be executed for their attack on the physiotherapy student and her male companion on December 16. The newspapers, however, wondered if handing down the death penalty in rape cases would make women any safer across the country. rawstory/rs/2013/09/14/rights-groups-slam-death-sentence-for-new-delhi-gang-rapists/
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