The crime price towards ladies was on the rise in Tamil Nadu in 2021, in accordance with the statistics tabled within the state meeting on Tuesday. As per the information, the crimes towards ladies in Tamil Nadu elevated by 16 % in 2021.

Violence towards ladies has reportedly elevated throughout the nation throughout the Covid-19 interval. According to the National Commission for Women (NCW), there have been 31,000 complaints of crimes towards ladies in 2021. In explicit, the NCW mentioned that the variety of complaints obtained final 12 months after 2014 was 30 per cent larger than the 23,722 complaints towards crimes towards ladies in 2020.

According to the report, there have been 1,982 complaints of crimes towards ladies in 2019, 2,025 in 2020, and a couple of,421 in 2021. In 2021 alone, 875 complaints of home violence have been reported, whereas 689 in 2020 and 781 instances in 2019 have been reported. There has additionally been a rise within the variety of instances registered underneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in reference to instances of violence towards youngsters. According to the regulation, 2,396 instances have been registered in 2019, 3,090 complaints in 2020, and the quantity additional elevated to 4,469 in 2021.

Meanwhile, the variety of rape instances has gone up from 370 in 2019 to 404 in 2020 and 442 in 2021. Similarly, molestation instances which have been 803 within the 12 months 2019 elevated to 892 in 2020 and the quantity elevated to 1,077 in 2021.

Apparently, in 2019, whereas incidents of homicide for acquire have been at 67, witnessed a lessened rely within the 12 months 2020 to 64, the place it elevated to 89 in 2021. Moreover, the variety of theft instances too elevated from 4,392 in 2019 to five,157 in 2021, whereas the 12 months 2020 confirmed a downturn. In the restoration of the stolen properties, police had recovered 64 % of the full worth of the property misplaced price Rs 182 crore in 2021.

In the state meeting, Opposition chief Edappadi Palanisamy mentioned that crimes towards ladies are on the rise within the state. In response, Chief Minister MK Stalin mentioned that there’ll by no means be any compromises on the security of ladies within the state and extreme actions are taken based mostly on complaints. He additionally insisted ladies obtain the ‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app on their cell.

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