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.
Statistics revealed that 1079 eve- teasing cases were reported in 2019 while 1194 in 2018 and 1018 in 2017. There has also been a steady increase in dowry death. On the whole, there has been a 10.71 per cent increase in dowry death in 2019 in comparison to 2018. 248 dowry death cases were reported in 2019 while 224 in 2018 and 244 in 2017.
The cases of abduction come down according to the figures, While 4026 cases pertaining to abduction were reported in 2019, the figure was 4720 in 2018 and 4364 in 2017.
The cases of robbery also increased in the state. Statistics tabled in the state assembly indicate that 1359 cases of robbery were reported in 2019 while 1299 in 2018 and 1247 in 2017.
The cases of theft has not seen any major jump and is almost stagnant. As compared to 24532 cases of theft reported in 2019, there were 25675 in 2018 and 23297 in 2017. 4393 cases related to public violence reported in 2019 while 4919 in 2018 and 4526 in 2017. 900 cases pertaining to attempt to murder have been reported in 2019 while 986 in 2018 and 956 in 2017. 155 cases of dacoity have been reported in 2019 while 194 in 2018 and 198 in 2017.