No false case of rape registered for extortion of money: MoS

No false case of rape was registered for extortion of money in the national capital last year, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

New Delhi: No false case of rape was registered for extortion of money in the national capital last year, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

"2166 cases of rape have been registered by Delhi Police during the year 2014 and no false rape case has been found registered for extorting money till date," Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said.

He was replying to a written question in the Upper House asking that whether a large number of rape case registered last year to extort money.

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