The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has termed as misleading the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which has noted a sharp rise in crimes against women in the state.
The Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has termed as misleading the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which has noted a sharp rise in crimes against women in the state.
The report, which was tabled in the UP Assembly on Tuesday, was trashed by parliamentary affairs minister Azam Khan on Wednesday.
Mr Khan said in the state Assembly that a section of the media has put out false and misleading statistics regarding the crime.
“Our officials will clarify the matter soon, but the crime figures are much higher in the BJP-ruled states,” he said during Zero Hour.
The report pointed out that there has been a 61 per cent increase in crimes against women between 2010-11 to 2014-15, which includes a major portion of the Akhilesh regime. It said that while crime against women in 2012-13 was 24,652, it rose to 31,810 in 2013-14.
Attributing the increase in crime graph to lack of sufficient police force, the CAG said that against sanctioned limit of 178.48 policemen per one lakh population, only 81 were available, marking a shortfall of 55 per cent.
The report said that, “As compared to total number of violent crimes in the country, UP tops the list with 12.7 per cent and crime against the women.
