Total number of minor rape cases in 2016

New Delhi, April 16: Amid public outrage over Kathua and Unnao rape cases, Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been fired on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Today.

Coming to matter, He asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fast-track cases of rapes of minors and punish the guilty if he was serious about providing justice to the country's daughters.

The Congress president pointed out that there were as many as 19,675 cases of rapes of minor children in 2016, terming them as "shameful".

There were 19,675 rapes of minor children reported in 2016. This is shameful. PM should fast-track these cases and punish the guilty if he is serious about providing justice for our daughters," Gandhi tweeted by putting the hash tag #speakup

Earlier, Expressing anguish over the two incidents which have triggered widespread outrage, the prime minister had said such crimes challenge the very concept of social justice "and as a society and a country we all are ashamed of it."