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Uttar Pradesh saw the maximum number of attacks on Scheduled Castes in 2010 when the erstwhile Mayawati government was in charge of the state.
The Annual Report of the Home Ministry for 2011-12 released on Wednesday,said Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest 6,272 cases of crime against SCs out of a total of 32,712 19.2 per cent of the total incidents in the country in 2010.
The numbers mentioned in the report pertains to the time when the BSP government was is power in UP,headed by Mayawati,a Dalit herself.
Interestingly,the country witnessed a drop of 2.6 per cent in crimes against SCs — from 33,594 incidents in 2009 to 32,712 incidents in 2010.
Among the cases of crime against SCs registered in 2010,570 were murders,1,349 rape,511 kidnapping,117 dacoity and robbery and 150 incidents of arson.
The highest number of crimes against Scheduled Tribes (STs) was recorded in Madhya Pradesh — 23.4 per cent or 1,384 incidents of the total 5,885 — followed by Rajasthan 22.4 per cent or 1,319 incidents in the country in 2010.
A total of 5,885 cases against STs were reported in the country during 2010 as compared to 5,425 cases in 2009 showing an increase of 8.5 per cent in 2010 over 2009. Referring to incidents of human trafficking,the Home Ministry report said a total of 3,422 cases under different heads of human trafficking were reported during 2010 as compared to 2,848 in 2009,an increase of 20.2 per cent in 2010 as compared to 2009.
Incidents of procuration of minor girls showed an increase of 186.5 per cent — from 237 incidents in 2009 to 679 incidents in 2010.
Andhra Pradesh reported 633 cases of human trafficking out of the total 3,422 cases in 2010. Tamil Nadu,West Bengal,Maharashtra and Kerala reported 580,427,360 and 315 incidents of human trafficking respectively in 2010.
There were 130 cases of selling of girls for prostitution in 2010 — a 128.1 per cent jump from 2009 and 78 cases in which girls were bought for similar purpose in 2010 — a jump of 143.8 per cent from 2009.
