More than 1.9 lakh cases of crime against dalits were registered in four years from 2018, the Centre told Parliament earlier this week, citing National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.
As many as 49,613 cases of atrocities and attacks on dalits were registered inUttar Pradesh(11,924 in 2018, 11,829 in 2019, 12,714 in 2020, and 13,146 in 2021). States and UTs such asManipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Lakshadweep and Andamans reported zero cases since 2018. Union MoS for Home,Ajay Kumar Mishra, shared the data on Tuesday in response to a query by BSP MP Girish Chandra, who asked if there was any mechanism to monitor such incidents.
A total of 1,89,945 cases of crime against the community were registered in four years (42,793 in 2018, 45,961 in 2019, 50,291 in 2020 and 50,900 in 2021) in the country. Chargesheet was filed in 1,50,454 of them with 27,754 convictions.