Crimes against women increased nearly 50 per cent in Rajasthan in 2019 with a total of 41,155 cases being registered, which is 13,561 more than the previous year.
The maximum rise in crimes against women was in molestation (68 per cent) while rape cases too increased by 38.34 per cent as compared to the cases registered in 2018, according to the crime data released by the State's Director General of Police Bhupendra Singh here on Monday.
The cases of rape committed against minors also registered an increase of 22 per cent.
Singh said police have registered every FIR that has resulted in an increase in the number of registered cases in 2019. The overall increase in cases registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code was 31.08 per cent.
“Our focus in 2019 was on ensuring that every case is registered and no grievance gets left unattended. We took effective action against organised crimes last year,” the DGP told a press conference here.
For 2020, he said maximum priority will be given to focussing on crimes against women and children.
Last year, a total of 41,155 cases of crimes against women were registered which is 49.14 per cent more than 2018 and 61.01 per cent more than 2017.
A total of 8,802 FIRs of molestation were registered in 2019, which is 67.69 per cent more than 2018 and 80.26 per cent more than 2017.