Lok Sabha Question No. 2658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Arrest of Minority Community
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2658

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  AUGUST, 2022/SRAVANA 11, 1944 (SAKA)

ARREST OF MINORITY COMMUNITY

2658.  MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number  of people arrested on charges of hurting religious sentiments and promoting enemity by NIA, Delhi Police and other agencies in the country, during the last three years, State-wise;

(b) the details of the people from minority community have been arrested during the said period;

(c) whether it is a fact that the number of cases being investigated by NIA have gone up in recent days therein;

(d) if so, the details of the cases registered during the last five years and the current year; and

(e)  the  reason  for  the  increase  in  the  cases  of  deliberate  and  malicious acts,  intended  to  outrage  religious  feelings  or  any  class  by  insulting  its religion or religious beliefs therein?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) & (b): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles the data on crime as reported to it by States and Union Territories.  Religion-wise crime data is not maintained by the NCRB. State/UT-wise details of persons arrested  for  offences  relating  to  promoting  enmity  between  groups  on ground  of  religion,  race,  place  of  birth  etc.  during  2018-2020  are  at Annexure-I.

(c)  to  (e):    The  details  of  cases  registered  by  the  National  Investigation Agency  (NIA)  on  charges  of  hurting  religious  sentiments  and  promoting enmity during the last 5 years and current year are as under:

| Year                  |   Number of cases registered |
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| 2017                  |                            1 |
| 2018                  |                            4 |
| 2019                  |                            2 |
| 2020                  |                            3 |
| 2021                  |                            3 |
| 2022 (till 29.7.2022) |                            4 |

Above data do not suggest any discernible trend.

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| State/UT-wise number of persons arrested for offence relating to promoting enmity between groups   | State/UT-wise number of persons arrested for offence relating to promoting enmity between groups   | State/UT-wise number of persons arrested for offence relating to promoting enmity between groups   | State/UT-wise number of persons arrested for offence relating to promoting enmity between groups   | State/UT-wise number of persons arrested for offence relating to promoting enmity between groups   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.N.                                                                                               | States/UTs                                                                                         | 2018                                                                                               | 2019                                                                                               | 2020                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     | 134                                                                                                | 164                                                                                                | 89                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 7                                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                              | 98                                                                                                 | 97                                                                                                 | 156                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                              | 16                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                       | 10                                                                                                 | 16                                                                                                 | 114                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                  | Goa                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                                            | 145                                                                                                | 61                                                                                                 | 97                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                            | 24                                                                                                 | 16                                                                                                 | 27                                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                          | 13                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                          | 53                                                                                                 | 66                                                                                                 | 75                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                             | 261                                                                                                | 137                                                                                                | 154                                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                     | 97                                                                                                 | 96                                                                                                 | 87                                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                        | 94                                                                                                 | 49                                                                                                 | 91                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                            | 10                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                  | 13                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                  |
| 17                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                            | 3                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  |
| 18                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 5                                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                             | 5                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                             | 3                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                  |
| 21                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                          | 125                                                                                                | 78                                                                                                 | 76                                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                  |
| 23                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                         | 241                                                                                                | 196                                                                                                | 176                                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                          | 161                                                                                                | 41                                                                                                 | 126                                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                  | 5                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                  |
| 26                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                      | 122                                                                                                | 176                                                                                                | 330                                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                        | 12                                                                                                 | 23                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                  |
| 28                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                        | 58                                                                                                 | 50                                                                                                 | 64                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                    | TOTAL STATE(S)                                                                                     | 1689                                                                                               | 1291                                                                                               | 1729                                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                                 | A&N Islands                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                  | 5                                                                                                  |
| 30                                                                                                 | Chandigarh                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                                 | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu+                                                                         | 2                                                                                                  | 9                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                  |
| 32                                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                                              | 12                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                  | 14                                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                                 | Jammu& Kashmir*                                                                                    | 13                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                  | 14                                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                                 | Ladakh                                                                                             | -                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  |
| 35                                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  |
| 36                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                  |
|                                                                                                    |                                                                                                    | 27                                                                                                 | 24                                                                                                 | 34                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                    | TOTAL UT(S)                                                                                        |                                                                                                    |                                                                                                    |                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                                                                                  | 1716                                                                                               | 1315                                                                                               | 1763                                                                                               |

Note: + Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2018, 2019

* Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2018, 2019

Source: NCRB