A total of 175 women were the victims of objectionable videos in Odisha and 5,935 rape cases reported during the last three years in the State.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed this in the State Assembly in response to separate questions of Congress MlAs Tara Prasad Bahinipati and Dr Prafulla Majhi on Monday.
While 42 cases of objectionable videos involving women going viral were registered in 2015, the number decreased to 40 in 2016. However, the number increased to this year by September-end. A total of 1,261 cyber crime cases registered during the period.
Similarly, 5,935 rape cases were registered during the three years. Of the 2,286 cases reported in 2015, 109 were of gangrape. The number of rape cases reported in 2016 was stood at 2,144, including 96 gangrape incidents. Similarly, 1,505 rape cases and 83 gangrape cases were reported till September this year. Chargesheets in 3,040 rape and 129 gang-rape cases were filed during the period.
As regards to other cases, the Chief Minister informed that 3,904 murder, 1,427 dacoity, 5,341 robbery, 11 bank robbery, 25,757 theft and 1,799 dowry death cases were reported during the period fron 2015 to September 30, 2017.