Bhubaneswar, Sept 9: According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in the year 2015, after Delhi, Assam and Telengana, Odisha has come out to be the next one to record maximum cases against women thus recording a total of 17144 cases, as compared to the previous year, 2014, where the coastal region of the state had witnessed 14,606 criminal cases against women.While the rate of such case cases in every one lakh female population is 81.9 per cent, in the year, the State’s share in the category in all-India total stands at 5.2%. In 2015, Odisha has recorded 2,251 cases when it comes to ‘worst rates/ numbers of incidents. The rate of such incidents is 10.8 per one lakh female population. The list id topped by Delhi, the capital of India with 17,104 cases and is followed by Assam (23,258) and Telengana (15,135).
Under the category of “assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty”, 2015 saw 84,222 cases being registered across the country whereas there were 82,235 in 2014. The category includes offences such as sexual harassment, assault or use of criminal force to women with intent to disrobe, voyeurism, and stalking. Kidnapping and abduction of women in 2015 also increased to 59,277 cases from 57,311 in 2014. Forcing a woman into marriage continues to be the chief reason to kidnap her. According to the data, in 2015, close to 54% of all abductions of women were carried out to force them into marriage. In 2014 too, this reason was behind over 50% of all kidnappings of women.
