as arelatively safe place for women. In 2012, the incidence of rape in the Western Indian metropolis was about half the national rate, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. "I've always felt much safer in Mumbai compared to other Indian cities," said Sanika Prabhu, a television producer from Mumbai. "After this inciden

as a relatively safe place for women. In 2012, the incidence of rape in the Western Indian metropolis was about half the national rate, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. "I've always felt much safer in Mumbai compared to other Indian cities," said Sanika Prabhu, a television producer from Mumbai. "After this incident

he rape, he said. Under Indian law, rape vi=tims cannot be named in media accounts. There were 24,915 reporte= rapes in India in 2012, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, i=cluding 233 in Mumbai. The victims in almost half the Mumbai cases were between 14 and 18 years old. Activists say the number =f rapes is much h