New Delhi: What happened to the much appreciated Indian morality? National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) finds that two women are raped in every 60 minute in the country.Shockingly, the country has witnessed 133 elderly women being sexually assaulted last year. The 'NCRB Crime in India-2007' report also reveals that a total of 20,737 rape cases were reported last year, there is an increase by 7.2 percent when compared with previous year.

Madhya Pradesh leads the list of most rape happened states, witnessing 3,010 such cases in 2007, followed by West Bengal with 2,106 cases. The states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan are not much behind in abusing women. There were 1,648, 1,555, 1,238 such incidents happened in these states respectively last year. The national capital Delhi had 598 cases in which 602 women were sexually assaulted.

The report also shows that offenders were known to the victims in as many as 19, 188 cases (92.5 percent). Of that, neighbors were involved in 6,902 incidents. Parents or close family members were involved in 405 cases and relatives were involved in 1,448 cases.

Of the victims of such incidents, 11,984 women were in the age-group of 18 to 30 years, followed by 3,530 victims in the age-group of 30 to 50 years. Pathetically, 617 victims were below the age group of 10 years.

A total of 1,85,312 incidents of crime against women were reported in the country as compared to 1,64,765 in 2006, recording an increase of 12.5 per cent. There was an increase in molestation cases also by 5.8 percent. Out of total 36,617 molestation cases, Madhya Pradesh had 6,772 of such incidents.

Andhra Pradesh witnessed most number of cases under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act. The state had registered 1,005 cases in this regard in total of 1,200 such incidents all over India.

In terms of dowry death, Uttar Pradesh registered most number of cases. One-fourth of total dowry death cases in India were witnessed in this state.