Question: Consider the following statement regarding the National Crime Records Bureau report:
(1) Uttar Pradesh has the greatest share of crimes against women as per crime data for 2017.
(2) Lucknow is second in number of assaults with intent to outrage modesty of women.
From the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only (2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Uttar Pradesh has the greatest share of crimes against women as per crime data for 2017 released by the National Crime Records Bureau.
- Uttar Pradesh accounted for 15.6 per cent of all the crimes against women reported in the country under the Indian Penal Code as well as those reported under special laws.
- This translates into a crime rate of 53.2 per cent (number of crimes reported/population).
- Of the 3.4 lakh crimes against women reported in the country, 56,000 came from Uttar Pradesh.
- This is 6,749 cases more than the number reported in 2016, and 20,103 more than those reported in 2015.
- Overall, in the country, cruelty by husband or relatives is the most reported crime against women, followed by assault on woman with intent to outrage her modesty, kidnapping and abduction and rape.
- In Uttar Pradesh, kidnapping and abduction are the most reported, followed by assault on woman with intent to outrage her modesty, cruelty by husband/relatives and kidnapping and abduction to compel for marriage.
Dowry deaths
- Metropolitan cities—those with population of above 2 million—reported 7.29 lakh crimes.
- On this list, the state’s capital, Lucknow, comes in only behind Patna in reporting dowry deaths.
- Kanpur is the other metropolitan city that reported the same percentage of dowry deaths.
Assaults:
- On the metropolitan city count, Lucknow is only second (behind Delhi) in number of assaults with intent to outrage modesty of women.
- The city accounted for most number of assaults on women, though it reported no cases of sexual harassment at work or office premises.
- On the crime of voyeurism, Lucknow stood only second to Kozhikode in Kerala.
- Of the four metros that reported the most cases for kidnapping and abduction with intent to force for marriage, three (Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Lucknow) are in Uttar Pradesh. Patna reported the most number of such crimes.
Links:
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shameful-up-cases-crime-against-women-priyanka-gandhi-1611987-2019-10-22
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/10/23/ncrb-data-uttar-pradesh-tops-in-crimes-against-women.html