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The article offers the author's insights on the incidents of rape in Uttar Pradesh, India. Topics discussed by the author include the lax of law in the state, the twin gang-rape at Katra Sadatganj village in Badayun district tha cause a national outcry, and the rape cases committed by police and law officers in the state.

The article discusses problems that Indian rape victims encounter due to police indifference and ignorance. Cultural aspects of female sexuality in India are said to be related to such problems. The article notes that political corruption is common among Indian police forces, with many also accepting bribes.

The author discusses the rape culture in India. The author says that politicians from every political party in India are endorsing the demands of protesters for the more extreme castration and execution of gang rape suspects. He states the legality but rare implementation of capital punishment in the country. The author adds that cities in India are being considered as a place where traditional respect for the fathers for the indulgement to male hedonism and success can be attained.

The article reports that the Allahabad High Court has ordered India's Central Bureau of Investigation to handle the investigation of the July 29, 2016 Bulandshahr gang rape. Topics discussed include the high court's claim that it is dissatisfied with the police investigation, the court asking the state government of Uttar Pradesh about the steps it is taking to prevent similar incidents from happening again and the information sought by the court from the state government regarding the case.

The article reports gang rape of an employee of an information technology (IT) company by three pool car drivers in Salt Lake City in West Bengal, India. Topics discussed include confession of the crime by accused as per Jawed Shamim, commissioner of police for Salt lake City; the accused being caught with the help of closed-circuit television and their cell phone location; and a description of the incident.

The article informs that according to lawmakers of the U.S., rape cases in India have been hushed up and not reported due to stigma and fear because they are investigated very poorly and mentions the statement of Ravi Kant, board of directors' president of the non-governmental Shakti Vahini.

The article reports that Justice P. K. Mohanty Commission has summoned Sanjeev Lawani, associate professor in the forensic medicine and toxicology department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, in connection with the medical examination of the alleged Pipili rape victim. It says that the rape charges was not included in the Crime Investigation Department's (CID) chargesheet. It states that Lawani was a member of the team that performed the medical examination.

The article focuses on the determination of the 22-year-old Indian photojournalist who was gang-raped and the opportunities available for her. It mentions that the photojournalist will receive all the support that she will need and she will be taken back by her employer to do her work. It adds that all 5 suspects were arrested through the male companion of the photojournalist. It also mentions that journalist and activist Patricia Mukhim has followed the case and offered help.

The article offers information on the status of the promise of Chief Minister Hemant Soren to impose speedy action on the rape case of four minor schoolgirls in Labgadhati village in India. Soren kept his promise as manifested by the start of collection of evidences from the rape site. Moreover, it cites that the four minor schoolgirls are kidnapped from the ECI Mission School on July 14, 2013 prior to raping them in an abandoned area nearby.

The article mentions that the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of India has pasted posters at the website of the Kamduni rape and murder case requesting people with information to contact the agency's offices at Bhabani Bhavan or Barasat in Kolkata, India. It informs that CID officers were criticized in the court for submitting an incomplete chargesheet in the case of gang rape and murder of a college student in Kamduni. It states that the police criticized the idea of CID to paste posters.

The article informs that a 18-year old tribal girl from Habibpur village, Malda district, India, had been abducted and raped by a group of youths, when returning home from school. It reports that the police had arrested a shoe shop owner Prashanta Dey, on the basis of the complaint filed by the girl's family at the Habibpur police station. It presents views from Kalyan Mukherjee, the superintendent of police of Malda, regarding the investigation of the case.

The article focuses on the investigations for the Pipili rape and murder case in Odisha, India. It mentions the statement issued by the investigating officer Ramesh Chandra Sethi, to the justice P.K. Mohanty Commission that he did not investigate the alleged involvement of politicians. It adds that politician Pradip Maharathy had resigned as agriculture minister due to allegations against him in connection with the case.

The article reports that police in northern India are searching for men responsible for raping a 30-year-old American woman in the town of Manali, India, in June 2013, reporting on comments made by Manali police official Sher Singh regarding the rape and robbery.

The article discusses the beating and raping of a five-year-old girl in India over the course of multiple days before she was rescued on April 19, 2013, and notes circumstances about the crime that have raised questions about how Indian police handle sexual-assault cases.

The article reports that on March 17, 2013 police in India arrested four suspects in the rape of a Swiss woman in the state of Madhya Pradesh, and also reports that police rescued Rathin Basu of power-equipment maker Alstom SA's Indian operations hours after he was kidnapped by assailants, three of whom have been arrested.

The article offers information that Fiona MacKeown, mother of Scarlett Keeling, a British teenager and a victim of rape has criticized the legal system of India over the trials into her daughter's death. It reports that the girl was given illegal drugs and was killed in her unconsciousness. It mentions that two defendants Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho were not charged for rape or murder after investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) due to lack of sufficient evidence.

The article reports on the national outrage triggered by an incident of molestation of a 17-year-old girl in Guwahati, India as police were accused of late action.