The Pioneer
Crime against women on rise in Haryana
Tuesday, 25 February 2020 | MANOJ KUMAR | Chandigarh
There has been a 17.27 per cent increase in the number of cases pertaining to cruelty against women and more than 13 per cent increase rape in Haryana in 2019 in comparison to year 2018, statistics tabled on Monday in the State Assembly session showed.
The data revealed 10.71 per cent increase in dowry death during the same period. Senior Congress MLA from Rohtak Bharat Bhushan Batra raised the issue of crime in the State and asked the Home minister to inform about crime rate over the last three years in the State.
Home Minster Anil Vij said in a statement tabled in the House that as compared to 1101 cases of murder in 2018, 1129 such cases were reported in the year 2019 while 1048 in 2017. On the whole, there has been a 2.54 per cent increase in murder case between 2018 and 2019 while 5.06 per cent increase in murder case reported between 2017 and 2018.
The FIRs registered by the police indicated a rising trend of crime against women in the State. As compared to 1534 cases of rape in 2018, 1734 such cases have been reported in the year 2019 while 1248 in 2017. As compared to 4868 cases against women registered in 2019, there were 4151 such cases in 2018. 3326 cases were registered in 2017.
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