WOMEN IN MILITANTS' LINE OF FIRE, OVER 1,000 KILLED
By Arun Joshi

August 18, 2004 - (Hindustan Times) It has been a particularly bad year for women in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 53 women — mainly relatives of surrendered militants, informers and security personnel — have been brutalized and killed till August this year. These are official records, but the exact figures are more shocking.

"There are many more cases that go unreported. Rape cases are not reported at all. Sexually assaulted women very rarely come forward", said a police officer.

The overall record of violence against women in the state is appalling — 1,019 killings, 247 abductions, 110 hangings and an unspecified number of rape cases.

Militants have slit the throats of more than 20 women — most of them in the Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur and Doda districts of Jammu region till August this year.

From: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_956354,000900010002.htm