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951-Riverside

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4. Is this because of the Environment or the Incest/Rape culture in India?

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 06:18 PM

Dec 2014

There are also babies born with multiple arms and legs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2839527/Baby-born-four-arms-four-legs-dubbed-God-Boy-parents-say-looks-like-Indian-God.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5055673

According to the National Crime Records Bureau 2013 annual report, 24,923 rape cases were reported across India in 2012. Out of these, 24,470 were committed by relative or neighbor; in other words, the victim knew the alleged rapist in 98 per cent of the cases.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_India

And this is just from the cases reported.

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