Haryana reported 1,174 rape cases, 1,922 cases of women abduction, 1,688 cases of women molestation and 286 incidents of molestation of girl child in 2014 despite the tall claims of the State Government on curbing crime against this vulnerable section of the society.
There continues to be a sharp increase in the number of reported crimes against women and children in Haryana, as per the latest data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 8,974 incidences of crime against women were reported in Haryana last year.
Haryana’s neighbouring States — Punjab and Himachal Pradesh — in 2014 had witnessed 5,425 and 1,517 incidents of crime against women respectively.
NCRB data shows a significant increase in number of cases related to rape, attempt to rape, dowry deaths, dowry harassment, harassment at workplace, kidnapping abduction, outraging modesty of women, sexual harassment including cases at workplace, stalking among other cases from Haryana.
Haryana, the land of Jats, had witnessed 971 rape cases in 2013 which increased to 1174 in 2014 while cases of dowry deaths were 263 in 2013 and it was 293 during last year.
The NCRB data also paints a grim picture of children safety in the State. According to the data, a total of 2,540 cases of crime were registered against children including 416 cases of rape, 286 cases of molestation of girl child, 816 cases of kidnapping, 252 cases of kidnapping of minor girl child to compel her for marriage, six cases of foeticide, 15 cases of child marriage among other cases.
Notably, Haryana ranks third in the country when it comes to atrocities against women and children, as per the National Commissions.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has received 1,720 complaints, the third highest number of cases of crime against women from Haryana during 2014-15 while more than 200 complaints concerning abuse/violation of child rights were received by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) from the State in the past three years.