Is rape the result of intensive sin of this birth itself?

[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Swāmi, You said "Intensive sins of this birth only gave misery". But is it same in case of rapes? Because I understand that victim in this birth might be the criminal in past birth and so, it's the payback time of bad karma. How can that statement be true?]

Swami Replied:- The point depends on the individual case. It is known by God only. If the punishment succeeds, it is a fresh case of sin. If the criminal escapes the punishment, it is the case of retort for the sin of the previous birth.