41% increase in crime against women in JK since 2008 Archives

There has been a 41 percent increase in crime against women over the last eight years in Jammu and Kashmir, the government revealed on Tuesday. In 2008, 2087 cases of crime against women were registered in the state while in 2015 this figure went up to 3535. In a written reply to a question by Naresh Kumar Gupta in the Legislative Council, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, who also holds the Home portfolio, said the crime rate against women has shown a marginal increase in respect of certain offences and decrease…