New Delhi: As many as 110,333 cases of rape were registered in the country between 2014-2016, federal Minister Kiren Rijiju told the upper house of parliament.

Rijiju said in the Rajya Sabha on July 18 that 38,947 cases of rape were registered in 2016, 34,651 cases of rape were registered in 2015 and 36,735 cases of rape were registered in 2014.

Altogether 338,954 cases of crime against women were registered in 2016, as many as 329,243 cases of crime against women were registered in 2015 and 339,457 such cases were registered in 2014, he said in a written reply.

(The Hindustan Times)