Lok Sabha Question No. 1086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Crime against Foreigners
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1086

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH JULY, 2018/ SHRAVANA 2, 1940 (SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST FOREIGNERS

1086. SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  the  number  of  foreign nationals raped in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  action taken thereon, State-wise, particularly Delhi; and

(c)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  avoid  such  incidents  in future including implementation of strict laws?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): As per the latest available published information with National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), details of State/UT-wise cases registered, cases chargesheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted  and  persons  convicted  in  the  country,  including  Delhi, under Rape for Crime against Foreigners from 2014 to 2016 are given in Annexure-I. Latest published Data is upto to the year 2016.

(c): Several steps have been taken for increasing safety of women, which include, inter-alia:

i.  The  Criminal  Law  (Amendment)  Ordinance,  2018  has  put  in  place  a regime  which  prescribes  stringent  punishment  against  rapes,  including death penalty.

ii.  Government  has  undertaken  a  project  for  developing  an  Emergency Response Support System based on a Pan-India 24X7 Helpline Number 112, which is accessible through call/SMS/email/panic button etc.

iii.  Government has issued advisories to States/UTs to take measures for prevention crimes against women, stressing on mandatory registration of FIRs,  providing  on-line  complaint  filing  system,  increasing  representation of women in Police, gender sensitization of police, deployment of Special Mahila Police Volunteers, activating victim compensation fund, setting up of Anti-human Trafficking units, etc. Details of these advisories issued are available on website of Ministry of Home Affairs at https://mha.gov.in.

iv. A separate portal for Cyber-Crime against women and children has been commenced.

v. In order to facilitate better investigation and prosecution in rape cases, modernization and capacity building of forensic labs has been undertaken.

vi. Government has approved safe-city projects for 8 cities to put in place comprehensive infrastructure, technological and community based interventions for women safety.

vii.  Government has commenced development of a National Database on Sexual Offenders to facilitate investigation and tracking of sexual offenders across the country.

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## Statement on Cases Registered on Rape under Crime against Foreigners during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT          | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |     |     |     |          |       |     | 2016   | 2016   | 2016    | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-------|-----|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT          | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV | CR  | CCS | 2015 CON | PAR   | PCS | PCV    | CR     | CCS CON | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0 0 | 0        |       | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0 0      | 0     | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3    | Assam             | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4    | Bihar             | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0 0 | 0 0      | 0     | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6    | Goa               | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0   | 3   | 2 0 | 2        | 2     | 0   | 2      | 3      | 0       | 2      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 0      | 0      | 0 0    |        | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 8    | Haryana           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 2   | 0   | 0 0      | 0     | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 1   | 0   | 0 0      | 0     | 0   | 1      | 1      | 0       | 3      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 0      | 0      | 0 0    |        | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0 0 | 0        | 0     | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 3      | 2      | 0 2    |        | 2      | 0   | 1   | 1   | 0        | 1     | 1 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 13   | Kerala            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0 0      | 0     | 0   | 1      | 0      | 0       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0 0      | 0     | 0   | 1      | 1      | 0       | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 2      | 3      | 0       | 11     | 9      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 16   | Manipur           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0 0      | 0     | 0   | 0      |        | 0 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        |       | 0 0 |        | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20   | Odisha            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0 0 0    | 0     | 0   | 0      |        | 0 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 21   | Punjab            | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 1      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 4      | 2      | 0      | 5      | 5      | 0   | 1   | 1   | 1        |       | 1 1 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 1 0   | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 2      | 1      | 0 1    |        | 1      | 0   | 0 0 |     | 0        | 0     | 0 0 |        | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25   | Telangana         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26   | Tripura           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 1   | 0   | 0        | 1 0   | 0   | 0      | 1      | 0       | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 2      | 0      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        |       | 0   | 0      | 0      | 1 0     |        |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 14     | 6      | 0      | 18     | 9      | 0   | 9   | 4   | 0 1      | 5     | 4 1 | 8      | 10     | 0       | 0      | 1 18   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|      | A &               |        |        | 0      |        |        |     | 0   |     |          | 0     |     |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| 30   | N Islands         | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0   |     | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        |       | 0   | 0      | 1      | 0       | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0      | 0 0    |        | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0 0   | 0 0 | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0     | 0 0 | 0      |        | 0 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 8      | 0      | 20     |        | 20     | 0   | 3   | 2   | 0        |       | 0   |        | 10     | 7       | 0      | 13     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|      | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 7      | 0      |        |        |     | 0   | 0   | 0        | 2 0   |     |        |        | 0       | 13 0   |        |        |        |        |        |
| 35   | Puducherry        | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0 | 0   | 0   | 0        | 2 0 0 | 0   | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0     | 0      | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    |
| 36   |                   | 8      | 7      | 0      | 20     |        |     |     | 2   | 0        | 2     | 2   |        | 7      | 0       | 13     |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |        |        |        | 20     |        | 0   | 3   |     |          |       | 0   | 11     |        |         |        | 13     |        |        |        |        |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 22     | 13     | 0      | 38     | 29     | 0   | 12  | 6   | 1        | 7     | 6 1 |        | 19     | 17      | 0      | 31     |        | 31     | 0      |        |

Source: Crime in India

Note: CR-Cases Registered, CCS-Cases Chargesheeted, CON-Cases Convicted, PAR-Persons Arrested, PCS-Persons Chargesheeted and PCV-Persons Convicted