Fourteen women are raped in Madhya Pradesh every day. This was informed by Home Minister Bala Bachchan in a written reply to BJP MLA from Khurai Bhupendra Singh in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Bachchan told the House that 10,279 cases of rape have been reported in the State from January 1, 2018 to November 20, 2019. “A total of 5353 rape cases were reported from January 1, 2018 to November 20, 2018, while the number of cases during the same period in the year 2019 was 4,926,” he said.
The Minister said that the number of rape cases has gone down in 2019 as compared 2018, citing the data. He said abduction cases have gone up while murder, rape, rioting, loot, dacoity, attempt to murder came down in 2019 in comparison of 2018. The difference in heinous crime is just negligible. The home minister further stated that 16,493 cases of abduction have been reported to the police from January 1, 2018 to November 20, 2019. “Of these cases, 7676 abduction cases were reported between January 1, 2018 and November 20, 2018 while 8,817 complaints were reported in the same period during 2019,” he added. The BJP was in power in the state till December, 2018 when it lost power to the Congress. On December 17, the Kamal Nath-led Government completed one year in office At least 1,677 people were murdered in January 1, 2018 and November 20, 2018 while 1607 people were murdered till November 20 this year.
Similarly, 1229 people were robbed from January 1, 2018 and November 20, 2018 while 1198 people were robbed this year in the period.