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“In India the number of reported rape cases increased from 1638 in 2013 to 3051 in 2018.”
Social media posts Claim dated 2 Dec 2019.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

In short

This claim spread on social media around 2 December 2019. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 December 2019, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

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