Women’s helpline 181 ‘Abhayam’ has come to the fore. Cases of extramarital affairs are reported every year on the helpline. Between 2018 and 2022, there has been a huge increase in the number of complaints coming to the helpline. In 2018, 3837 complaints were received on the helpline. In the last year 2022 itself, the number has increased to 9,382. In the last five years, there has been a sharp increase in the cases of extramarital affairs. Incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault appear to have the third highest number of complaints or cases of extramarital affairs.
Half of the cases in four cities
In the complaints of extramarital affairs received by the women’s helpline in the last five years, the maximum number of cases are in four cities. These include Ahmedabad, Surat, Baroda and Rajkot. According to information, 4426 complaints out of 9382 are in four cities. Dating apps have a big role in increasing extramarital affair complaints. In the last year or so the number of apps has increased. Apart from this, the helpline’s coordinator Falguni Patel said that the use of social media is also responsible for extramarital affairs. Most of the extramarital affair cases have happened with close family members, co-workers, friends or online friendships. After this, Patel further told about the helpline from his wife and female friend.
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small town affairs
Half of the cases of extramarital affairs are coming to the fore in the big four cities of Gujarat and in fact from the small towns as well. Such calls are coming from all parts of Gujarat. Half of such calls would have come only from big cities. This shows that awareness has increased among the citizens about the helpline, said Jashwant Prajapati, COO, EMRI Gujarat. The cases of extramarital affairs are related to economic issues. These are the only figures that have come to the fore. The reason why many women have not made such complaints, this information was provided by Jharna Pathak, a social worker working in Ahmedabad.
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