Sex Offenders Registry

Names of over five lakh sex offenders, who were convicted for crimes against women, have been added to a database which can been accessed by law enforcement agencies to help crack sex crimes across the country, officials said Sunday.

The centre has launched its first national register of sex offenders in a bid to stem crimes against women as the country reels from a series of high-profile rape cases.

Hoping to shame sexual offenders and alert their potential victims, the Kerala government will launch an online registry that will contain their identification details and will be accessible to the public. "It will be the first in the country and will be kept in public domain," Governor P Sathasivam said in his speech on the opening day of the stat...

Names of over five lakh sex offenders, who were convicted for crimes against women, have been added to a database which can been accessed by law enforcement agencies to help crack sex crimes across the country, officials said Sunday.

The centre has launched its first national register of sex offenders in a bid to stem crimes against women as the country reels from a series of high-profile rape cases.

Hoping to shame sexual offenders and alert their potential victims, the Kerala government will launch an online registry that will contain their identification details and will be accessible to the public. "It will be the first in the country and will be kept in public domain," Governor P Sathasivam said in his speech on the opening day of the stat...