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'Rise in crimes against Scheduled Castes, Tribes'

By Our Staff Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 19. Crimes against the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes showed a steady increase between 1998 and 2002 with Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh topping the list.

While the number of cases of atrocities against SCs rose from 7,445 in 1998 to 33,507 in 2002, the cases against STs went up from 725 to 6,774 in the same period. Figures available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that the cases in Uttar Pradesh stood at 2,737 in 1998 and in 2002 it was 7,927. Madhya Pradesh reported just 85 cases against STs in 1998 and it rose to 2,504 in 2002.

Statistics available with the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Commissions indicate that Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu recorded high incidence of atrocities against SC/ST between 1996-2000. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar reported the maximum number of serious crimes against SC/STs.

State-wise review of the serious crimes against the SCs/STs showed that the highest incidence of murder cases in respect of SCs in 2002 was Uttar Pradesh (371), followed by Madhya Pradesh (79), Rajasthan (44) and Gujarat (34). The highest rape cases were reported from Madhya Pradesh (412), Uttar Pradesh (305), Rajasthan (123), Maharashtra (64), Chhattisgarh (64) and Kerala (48). As regards total crimes against SCs, U.P. topped with (7,927), followed by Madhya Pradesh (7,217), Rajasthan (4,535), Tamil Nadu (2,097), Karnataka (1,787), Gujarat (1,370), Bihar (1,579) and Orissa (1,195). More than 90 per cent of the cases have been reported from these States.

The data on crimes, including atrocities perpetrated on STs showed that Madhya Pradesh topped the list with a total of 2,504 cases, followed by Rajasthan (930), Andhra Pradesh (525), Chhattisgarh (508), Orissa (480), Nagaland (371) and Gujarat (340) and Karnataka (240).

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