Chhattisgarh records 340% increase in crime against SCs

BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh has recorded a staggering 340% increase, highest among all the states, in the atrocities against Scheduled Castes between 2013 and 2014, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The figures from National Crime Records Bureau were provided by Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in Rajya Sabha. The figures show 242 cases were registered for crimes against persons belonging to Scheduled Castes in 2013 whereas in the year 2014 the number went to 1,066.

Delhi recorded an increase of 55 % from 55 in 2013 to 87 in 2014. Haryana recorded 68.3 % increase in the crime against the Scheduled Castes from 493 in 2013 to 830 in 2014 while Madhya Pradesh recorded an increase of 40.9 % from 2,945 in 2013 to 4,151 in 2014.

Rajasthan recorded an increase of 23.9 % from 6,475 in 2013 to 4,151 in 2014 and Uttarakhand recorded an increase of 44.2 % from 34 in 2013 to 61 in 2014. Bihar recorded an increase of 17 % in cases from 6,721 in 2013 to 7,893 in 2014. 

States such as Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Assam, Gujarat, Odisha, Punjab have recorded decrease in such crimes between 2013 and 2014. 

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