NCRB Data: 48,000 wives lost but 785 husbands death only matters ? With the NCRB announcing that there were a staggering 785 officially registered cases of husbands being murdered by wives, it was only a matter of time before headlines flashed announcements about this. While real and attention-grabbing, these numbers reveal just one segment of the truth. Usually buried in the most horrifying figures concerning the murders of wives by husbands is the deafening silence of the media over this horrific reality.

785 husbands death only Matters:

Using NCRB 2022 data and the continuous trend in the past five years, around 800 women are killed every month, mainly from husbands or in-laws, due to dowry demands, domestic violence, and harassment, summing up to approximately 48,000 women over five years. These are not mere numbers but rather real women whose lifetime ended in cruelty, and yet, the majority of the national conversations regarding them.

Not-a-Gender War-Only Media Bias

This isn’t to defend one gender or vilify the other. Crime is gender-neutral. An important question remains: Why is one narrative in loud print while the other is gagged and silenced? Why some stories make it to the prime time and why not others reside in hiding in official PDFs?

Need for Balance and Empathy

Data manipulation by selective media reporting not only misrepresents facts but also creates counterproductive gender splits. Rather than viewing these cases as antagonism between men and women, emphasis should be on justice, security, and systemic reforms-for all victims, regardless of gender.

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No more headlines conditioned by manipulation should dictate our knowledge. Every male and female victim deserves attention, care, and justice. This is not a gender war; this is a call for truth reporting and equal empathy. Then only can deeper issues that lie behind these tragic numbers be addressed.

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