94% offenders knew rape survivors: NCRB data

Highlighting the vulnerability of girls and women within their homes, neighbourhoods and workplaces, the report said of the 33,356 rape cases in 2018, the offender was a family member in 2,780 cases. The highest number of such cases were reported from MP (5,209), Rajasthan (3,748) and Uttar Pradesh (3,718). Only in 2,036 cases were the offenders either unknown or unidentified.