SRINAGAR: There has been a marginal increase in crime against women cases during the last eight years in Jammu and Kashmir, where kidnapping and domestic violence has witnessed an upward spiral of over 40 per cent and 58 per cent respectively during the period.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who also holds the Home portfolio, in a written reply to a question by Naresh Kumar Gupta in the Legislative Council, said that during 2008 to 2016, the crime rate against women has shown marginal increase in respect of certain offences and decreased in some other offences.
“Kidnapping and abduction cases of women has gone up by 40 per cent since 2008. The number of cases related to kidnapping reported in 2008 was 653, against 1097 cases registered in 2015,” the reply said. Domestic violence related cases have also gone up by 58 per cent in 2015 though it has decreased if compared to the previous two years, it said, adding suicide attempts in the last eight years has also gone up by 48 per cent.
Molestation cases have also gone up by around 35 per cent, it said, adding as many as 1340 cases of molestation were reported in 2015, against 869 cases in 2008. Cases related to rape has also witnessed an upward spiral as against 312 reported in 2015, it was 221 in 2008. However, rape cases have witnessed a decline if compared to the last two years. (AGENCIES)
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