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Letter Published in The National UAE on 24 Sep 18Offenders’ register in India could reduce sex crime

In reference to your article India launches first national register of sex offenders (September 22), this elaborate article on the introduction of a sex offenders’ register in India was a welcome read.

The names it will contain will only be accessible to law enforcement agencies and not in the public domain. As a result, with this new arrangement, the individual privacy of offenders will not be compromised.

The decision to set up a database was taken by the Indian government because sexual assaults have been rife in the country in recent years and the number of women raped is on the rise.

I hope with this new database that there will be an immediate decline in cases of sexual violence and it can be eradicated altogether.

K Ragavan, BengaluruLetter.