Lok Sabha Question No. 849 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Communal Violence
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 849

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH   FEBRUARY, 2017/ MAGHA 18, 1938 (SAKA) COMMUNAL VIOLENCE

849.

PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  incidents  of  riots/communal  violence  reported  in  the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the number of persons killed/injured, gender-wise, guilty arrested/convicted  and  the  action  taken  against  them  in  each  incident separately, during the said period, State-wise;
- (c) whether criminal complaints have been filed against certain organizations for proactive and communal activities and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  finalized  a  proposal  to  declare  these organizations as 'unlawful' under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other corrective steps taken by the Government to stop such riots/ communal  violence  in  future  along  with  the  advisories  issued  to  the States and police departments in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) & (b) As  per  the  available  information,  the  State-wise  details  of communal incidents, persons killed/injured therein during 2014, 2015 and 2016 is enclosed at Annexure.

## LS.US.Q.No.849 FOR 07.02.2017

'Public Order' and 'Police' are State subjects as per the provisions of the Constitution of India.  The responsibilities of maintaining law and order, including investigation, registration/prosecution of crimes, conviction  of  accused  etc.  and  maintaining  relevant  data  rest  primarily with  the  respective  State  Governments.  The  details  regarding  persons arrested/convicted,  action  taken  against  them  etc.  are  not  maintained centrally.

(c)  & (d) The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has been found indulging in activities which are prejudicial to the security of the country and  have  the  potential  of  disturbing  peace  and  communal  harmony  and disrupting the secular fabric of the country.  The  Students  Islamic Movement  of  India  (SIMI)  has  been  declared  as  Unlawful  Association under  Section  3(1)  of  the  Unlawful  Activities  (Prevention)  Act,  1967  on 01.02.2014 for a period of five years. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal  confirmed  the  Government's  decision  for  declaring  SIMI  as  an unlawful association on 30.07.2014.

During the last three years no proposal has been received from any of  the  State  Government/UT  Administration  to  declare  any  religious fundamentalist organization as Unlawful Association under section 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

## LS.US.Q.No.849 FOR 07.02.2017

(e) The Central Government  assists the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations in maintaining communal harmony in a variety of ways like sharing of intelligence, sending alert messages, advisories etc. from time to time on important developments having bearing on communal  harmony.  The  Central  Government,  on  the  requests  of  the States/Union Territories, sends Central Armed Police Forces, including the composite Rapid Action Force, created specially to deal with communal situations.

The Central Government has issued Communal Harmony guidelines to  all  States/  Union  Territories,  which  inter  alia,  lay  down  standard operating procedures to be put in place to deal with situation arising out of  the  communal violence.  These guidelines are aimed to maintain due vigilance, careful planning and preparatory measures which may prevent and pre-empt many possible incidents of communal violence.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 849 FOR 07.02.2017 SHOWING NUMBER OF COMMUNAL INCIDENTS, NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED/INJURED THEREIN DURING THE YEARS 2014, 2015 & 2016

|                           | 2014      | 2014           | 2014            | 2015      | 2015           | 2015            | 2016      | 2016           | 2016            |
|---------------------------|-----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|-----------------|
| State                     | Incidents | Persons Killed | Persons Injured | Incidents | Persons Killed | Persons Injured | Incidents | Persons Killed | Persons Injured |
| A & N Islands             | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 5         | 0              | 5               | 4         | 0              | 3               | 1         | 0              | 15              |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Assam                     | 1         | 0              | 23              | 3         | 0              | 10              | 12        | 3              | 19              |
| Bihar                     | 61        | 5              | 294             | 71        | 20             | 282             | 65        | 4              | 230             |
| Chandigarh                | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Chhattisgarh              | 0         | 0              | 0               | 2         | 0              | 10              | 2         | 0              | 6               |
| Delhi                     | 7         | 1              | 104             | 5         | 0              | 16              | 7         | 0              | 29              |
| D &NHaveli                | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Daman &Diu                | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Goa                       | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Gujarat                   | 74        | 7              | 215             | 55        | 8              | 163             | 53        | 6              | 116             |
| Haryana                   | 4         | 1              | 12              | 3         | 0              | 107             | 2         | 0              | 3               |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 0         | 0              | 0               | 1         | 1              | 4               | 2         | 1              | 1               |
| J& K                      | 0         | 0              | 0               | 4         | 1              | 9               | 10        | 0              | 11              |
| Jharkhand                 | 10        | 1              | 102             | 28        | 3              | 118             | 24        | 5              | 110             |
| Karnataka                 | 73        | 6              | 177             | 105       | 8              | 337             | 101       | 12             | 248             |
| Kerala                    | 4         | 1              | 20              | 3         | 0              | 3               | 6         | 0              | 10              |
| Lakshadweep               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 56        | 12             | 167             | 92        | 9              | 177             | 57        | 3              | 191             |
| Maharashtra               | 97        | 12             | 198             | 105       | 14             | 323             | 68        | 6              | 234             |
| Manipur                   | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 7         | 5              | 73              |
| Meghalaya                 | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Mizoram                   | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Nagaland                  | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Odisha                    | 3         | 1              | 3               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 4         | 0              | 36              |
| Puducherry                | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Punjab                    | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 1         | 0              | 1               |
| Rajasthan                 | 72        | 14             | 139             | 65        | 5              | 150             | 63        | 5              | 117             |
| Sikkim                    | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               |
| Tamil Nadu                | 15        | 1              | 44              | 3         | 0              | 1               | 8         | 1              | 36              |
| Telangana                 | 5         | 0              | 3               | 11        | 1              | 27              | 8         | 1              | 9               |
| Tripura                   | 0         | 0              | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0               | 1         | 0              | 27              |
| Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | 133 8     | 1              | 374 9           | 9         | 0              | 419 21          | 7         | 29 1           | 59              |
|                           |           | 26             |                 | 155       | 22             |                 | 162       |                | 488             |
| West Bengal               | 16        | 6              | 32              | 27        | 5              | 84              | 32        | 4              | 252             |
| Total                     | 644       | 95             | 1921            | 751       | 97             | 2264            | 703       | 86             | 2321            |