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Uttar Pradesh tops list of complaints with National Commission for Women
Among other States, Tamil Nadu recorded 304 complaints, Karnataka 305, Bihar 586, Madhya Pradesh 516, Haryana 509, Rajasthan 409 and West Bengal 307
The highest number of complaints received by the National Commission for Women (NCW) so far this year has been from Uttar Pradesh followed by Delhi and then Maharashtra. Strife-torn Manipur has recorded only three complaints of “crime against women” with the commission.
Of the total 12,648 complaints received by the NCW till now in 2024, 6,492 were from Uttar Pradesh. Delhi was a distant second with 1,119 complaints, while the number for Maharashtra was 764, according to the official data from the panel.
Among other States, Tamil Nadu recorded 304 complaints, Karnataka 305, Bihar 586, Madhya Pradesh 516, Haryana 509, Rajasthan 409 and West Bengal 307.
Category of crimes
As far as the categories of crimes against women are concerned, the highest number of 3,567 complaints were received in the “right to dignity” category that involves harassment other than domestic violence.
This was followed by 3,213 complaints of domestic violence.
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The complaints of dowry harassment stood at 1,963, molestation at 821, police apathy against women complaints at 524, and rape and attempt to rape complaints at 658, the data showed.
Other crime details
There were 495 complaints of sexual harassment, 339 of cybercrime, 345 of stalking and 206 of honour crimes, it stated.
Interestingly, Manipur, which has seen large-scale ethnic violence as well as crimes against women, recorded only six complaints with the NCW in 2023.
In 2023, a total of 28,811 complaints related to women were registered by the NCW.
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