Kathmandu, August 2
Records at Nepal Police headquarters show that the number of attempted rape cases has increased in the country of late.
According to the information provided by the headquarters, total 1,873 such cases were reported to police in the recently concluded fiscal year 2018/19. This is a sharp increase from the record of previous year, which stood at just 1,480.
Police records show that the number is steadily increasing as it was just 1,137 in the year 2016/17.
Nepal Police spokesperson, DSP Bishwa Raj Pokharel, says the number of such cases have apparently increased with the growing reporting of the cases to the police of late.
Pokharel further shares the attempted rape cases mostly involves relatives, acquaintances and neighbours of the victims.
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