Crime against women on the rise in state

Visakhapatnam: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said in the Rajya Sabha that crime against the women increased in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. The Minister said that Andhra Pradesh and Telangana accounted for 9.4 per cent of the crime against women as per data available with National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Explaining about the Centre’s role in controlling the crime rate in the states, the Minister said that police and public order are state subjects under the seventh schedule of the Constitution.

The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens rest primarily with the respective state governments. “The state governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws. Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories for combating crime against women,” Hansraj said.  

Rajya Sabha Member V Vijayasai Reddy’s questions related to the crime rate increased in the past four years in Andhra Pradesh, the Minister said that  a total of 21,692, 22,530 and 26,606 persons were arrested; 20,120, 20,265 and 21,244 persons were charge-sheeted and 1,467, 1,565 and 1,279 persons were convicted in Andhra Pradesh during 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. The NCRB does not maintain the district wise data of the cases, the Minister said.