The State capital — Bhopal is well on its way to become the crime capital of Madhya Pradesh with high rate of serious crimes including murder, rapes and crimes against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) recorded last year.
In the year 2012, Bhopal recorded 79 cases of rapes with minors (the highest in the division) and 62 cases of rape with women. With 80 murders and 95 attempts to murder in the same period, the district is also leading in these.
Apart from this, 203 cases of robbery (again highest in the division), two cases of dacoity and 80 cases of crimes against members SC/ST community were recorded.
This information was recently provided by the State's Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta in response to a question raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Vishwas Sarang in the Assembly.
Sarang had asked the minister to provide information regarding the number of these crimes recorded in the districts of Bhopal division from January 1 to December 31, 2012.
The information shows that Rajgarh has recorded the highest number of rapes in the whole division with 65 such cases.
Among other crimes that have been recorded include 29 murders, 25 attempts to murders, 21 robberies, one dacoity, 38 rapes of minors and 127 cases of crimes against SC/ST's.
The highest number of crimes against SC/ST's has been recorded in Vidisha with 172 such cases. Besides, the district also records 52 murders, 58 attempts to murder, 24 robberies, 30 rapes and 44 rapes of minors in the year 2012.
Raisen recorded 62 murders, 44 attempts to murder, 18 robberies, one dacoity, 40 rapes, 52 rapes of minors and 95 crimes against SC/ST's.
In the same period, Sehore recorded 23 murders, 36 attempts to murder, 21 robberies, 36 rapes, 33 rapes of minors and 96 cases of crimes against members of SC/ST communities.