Reports of sexual assaults continue to flood the media as crimes against women continue unabated, through all the awareness campaigns in the past few years. We must take heart from the fact that more women are coming forward to report sexual assaults against them. Recently, this paper ran a shocking report about a girl raped in a moving local train. The tide of sexual violence proves that punitive measures need to be very stringent.

It is disappointing to read that a 46-year-old rape accused, nabbed for raping a minor fled from Versova police custody recently. The accused was taken to Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle for a medical examination when he requested the cops to be allowed to go to the toilet. He then escaped from the toilet window.