District-wise incidence of crime against women (CAW) and persons arrested in West Bengal

 

Appendix Table AV 1

 

District-wise incidence of crime against women (CAW) and persons arrested in West Bengal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           Total CAW

        Torture/cruelty by

                  Dowry Death

 No. of  arrests

   for CAW

 

           under IPC

         Husbands/ relatives

          

 

 

2000

2003

1995

2000

2003

1995

2000

2003

2000

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bankura

194

264

59

112

153

9

17

20

258

  459

 Birbhum

353

367

115

201

219

6

11

13

195

   381

 Bardhaman

727

739

223

482

107

8

34

30

2062

 2526

 Koch Behar

336

369

111

189

209

0

3

11

249

   538

 Darjeeling

133

146

28

64

69

0

1

3

177

   182

 Hooghly

583

567

320

453

457

4

7

14

457

   667

 Howrah

267

237

107

175

168

5

22

17

383

   409

 Jalpaiguri

297

376

108

158

210

1

3

4

263

   496

 Paschim Medinipur

904

530

558

598

376

28

56

18

675

   545

 Purba Medinipur

_

402

_

_

267

_

_

37

_

   446

 Murshidabad

440

814

78

245

468

0

4

17

432

 1363

 Malda

213

275

43

89

119

1

5

4

389

   383

 Nadia

595

600

226

370

363

11

22

23

1053

 1422

 24 Parganas (N)

843

1128

546

589

784

3

21

24

968

 1367

 24 Parganas (S)

975

1214

469

692

884

2

49

44

930

 1759

 Puruliya

259

187

107

139

94

0

4

8

443

   543

 Uttar Dinajpur

225

170

74

113

85

1

5

14

179

   233

 Dakshin Dinajpur

242

227

37

126

113

_

4

8

193

   440

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total (excluding cases registered.

7586

8872

3319

4785

5603

89

268

312

9330

 14176

 by Govt.Railway Police).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: NCRB, Crime in India 1995 and Special Inspector General of Police, State Crime Records Bureau,  Kolkata.

 

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