Lok Sabha Question No. 2228 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Mob Lynching
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2228

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  20 TH   DECEMBER,  2022/AGRAHAYANA  29,  1944 (SAKA)

MOB LYNCHING

2228.  SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  atrocities  being  committed  on religious minority communities and dalits in the country;

(b) if so, the number of such cases reported since 2014, State and year-wise;

(c) whether there has been rise in mob lynching cases in the country;

(d) if so, the reasons therefor and the number of such cases reported since 1st  January  2019  till  date  in  the  country  particularly  on  religious  minority, State-wise and category-wise; and

(e) whether the Government consider the figures as alarming or not alarming, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  under  the  Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and State Governments are responsible for  prevention,  detection,  registration  and  investigation  of  crime  and  for prosecuting the criminals through their law enforcement agencies. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories to States and UTs, from time  to  time,  to  maintain  law  and  order  and  ensure  that  any  person  who takes law into his/her own hand is punished promptly as per law.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2228 FOR 20.12.2022

In  the  'Crime  in  India'  report,  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB) publishes crime data as received from all the States/Union Territories under various crime heads which are clearly defined under the Indian Penal Code and Special & Local Laws. No separate data on atrocities against religious minority communities and for mob lynching is maintained by NCRB. However, as per NCRB data, details of State-wise cases registered under Crime/Atrocities  against  Scheduled  Cases  (SCs)  during  the  year  2014-2021 are given in Annexure.

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State-wise Cases Registered under Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) during 2014-2021 as per NCRB data

| SL   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |   2113 |   2263 |   2335 |   1969 |   1836 |   2071 |   1950 |   2014 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3    | Assam             |      2 |      5 |      4 |     10 |      8 |     21 |     28 |     15 |
| 4    | Bihar             |   7886 |   6367 |   5701 |   6747 |   7061 |   6544 |   7368 |   5842 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |    359 |    216 |    243 |    283 |    264 |    341 |    316 |    330 |
| 6    | Goa               |     13 |     13 |     11 |     10 |      5 |      3 |      2 |      4 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |   1094 |   1010 |   1322 |   1477 |   1426 |   1416 |   1326 |   1201 |
| 8    | Haryana           |    475 |    510 |    639 |    762 |    961 |   1086 |   1210 |   1628 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |    119 |     94 |    116 |    109 |    130 |    189 |    251 |    244 |
| 10   | Jharkhand         |    903 |    736 |    525 |    541 |    537 |    651 |    666 |    546 |
| 11   | Karnataka         |   1865 |   1852 |   1869 |   1878 |   1325 |   1504 |   1398 |   1673 |
| 12   | Kerala            |    712 |    696 |    810 |    916 |    887 |    858 |    846 |    948 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh    |   3294 |   3546 |   4922 |   5892 |   4753 |   5300 |   6899 |   7214 |
| 14   | Maharashtra       |   1768 |   1804 |   1750 |   1689 |   1974 |   2150 |   2569 |   2503 |
| 15   | Manipur           |      1 |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 16   | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Odisha            |   1657 |   1823 |   1796 |   1969 |   1778 |   1886 |   2046 |   2327 |
| 20   | Punjab            |    123 |    147 |    132 |    118 |    168 |    166 |    165 |    200 |
| 21   | Rajasthan         |   6735 |   5911 |   5134 |   4238 |   4607 |   6794 |   7017 |   7524 |
| 22   | Sikkim            |      3 |      3 |      1 |      5 |      5 |      4 |      0 |      2 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu        |   1494 |   1736 |   1291 |   1362 |   1413 |   1144 |   1274 |   1377 |
| 24   | Telangana         |   1427 |   1293 |   1529 |   1466 |   1507 |   1690 |   1959 |   1772 |
| 25   | Tripura           |      1 |      1 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      0 |      2 |      3 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh     |   8066 |   8357 |  10426 |  11444 |  11924 |  11829 |  12714 |  13146 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand       |     60 |     80 |     65 |     96 |     58 |     84 |     87 |    123 |
| 28   | West Bengal       |    130 |    150 |    119 |    138 |    119 |    145 |    109 |    108 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  40300 |  38613 |  40742 |  43122 |  42747 |  45876 |  50202 |  50744 |

Source: Crime in India