As per the report submitted by the police headquarters, registered cases of violence against women surged in various plain districts of the state in 2016 as compared to the 2015 and 2014 figures with Haridwar topping the list.
PHQ report states that 303 cases of rape were reported from various parts of the state in 2016 while the figures were 252 and 231 in 2015 and 2014 respectively.
Out of 303 rape cases registered in 2016, 91 were reported from Haridwar, 57 from Dehradun, 37 from Nainital and 72 from Udham Singh Nagar districts.
The report further states that 44 cases of eve- teasing were reported in 2016. There is a rise in abduction cases too. The number of kidnapping cases registered which was 282 in 2015, increased to 301 in 2016.Besides, the same upward trend is found in the figure of reported dowry deaths too.
While 43 dowry deaths were reported in 2015, the number rose to 54 in 2016. The upward curve is also seen in number of reported cases of dowry death which were 43 in 2014, 47 in 2015 and 54 in 2016.
Of the 54 dowry deaths reported in the previous year, Haridwar accounts for the maximum -- 15 while the number of reported dowry deaths was seven in Dehradun and 12 each in Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar.