Guwahati: The crime against women has increased at a concerned level in the city with 224 cases merely registered in the only police station all women from January to this date, due to 207 cases submitted over the past year.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Bhanita Nath, “A total of 431 cases have been reported at the All-Women’s police station since last year to this date.
From here, we have not submitted a cost sheet in at least 98 cases, while they have been submitted in at least 333 cases.” Most of it The case, where the pending cost sheet, has been registered under the Information Technology Act, he said.
He added that most cases reported at the police station were related to domestic violence, followed by rape.
Meanwhile, other senior police officers said, “Nearly 50% of the total number of cases reported here cannot be said to be original.
We register it when they come here to file a complaint.” According to the National Crime Crowns report for 2020, 26,352 Cases of crimes against women are registered throughout the country last year, 30,025 in 2019 and 27,687 in 2018.
Of the total case, 1,657 is a case of rape and 502 related to dowry.