India, June 19 -- Gurugram

An RTI query filed with Gurugram police found that 43.6% of rape cases filed between 2020 ad 2024 were specifically related to "false promise of marriage", categorised as a deciding factor of rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and a quarter of the total cases filed were later cancelled by the police due to false allegations.

According to police data, 955 cases of rape were filed between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2024, across police stations in Gurugram. Of these, 417 cases were related to false promise of marriage, the reply to an RTI query filed by activist and documentary filmmaker Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj found. HT accessed a copy of the response.

The data further said that 236 ...