Assaulter known to children in 95% child abuse cases
In almost 95% cases of sexual assault against children, the perpetrator was someone known to them, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2015 has revealed. Neighbours were the biggest abusers in such cases at over 35%, followed by employers or co-workers at about 25%, the data revealed. A total of 14,913 cases of child abuse were registered in 2015.