612 domestic violence cases reported to One-Stop Centre in a year
Hindustan TimesLUCKNOW: The One-Stop Centre in Lucknow has registered 1,600 cases of violence against women from April 2022 to March 2023, a surge of 17 per cent since 2021-22. Not only do they provide advocates from the District Legal Services Authority Among the 1,600 cases that were further categorised into 18 types of abuse and harassment, the highest 612 cases were of domestic violence. “Most cases of domestic abuse were reported from the more developed and ‘urban’ parts of the city as people in rural areas tend to believe that a little bit of violence is commonplace in a marriage,” said Archana Singh, the in-charge of OSC, Lucknow. In 2022-23, the OSC here provided shelter to 431 women, lodged FIRs on behalf of 33, rescued 239 and helped another 480 women get medical assistance, the in-charge said.
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