Lok Sabha Question No. 5108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Cyber Crime against Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Shri Bapi Haldar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5108

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 TH  MARCH, 2026/ CHAITRA 3, 1948 (SAKA)

CYBER CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

5108. SHRI BAPI HALDAR:

DR. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether NCRB's Crime in India 2023 records 1463 cases of cyber crime against  women  and  children  in  Uttar  Pradesh  and  1447  in  Telangana, while West Bengal is among the lower-incidence States with 176;

- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  incidence  rate  per  lakh,  and  compound  annual growth rate, State-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  sanctioned  and  filled  strength  in  cyber  police  units, number of functional cyber police stations and digital forensic labs; and
- (d ) whether it is a fact that Bihar reported 4941 cases of 'Kidnapping and abduction of women/girls to compel for marriage' in 2023 with a crime rate  of  8.1  per  lakh  women,  the  highest  nationally,  if  so,  the  reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) to (d): ' Police ' and ' Public Order ' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  States/UTs  are  primarily responsible  for  the  prevention,  detection,  investigation,  prosecution  of crimes including cyber crime and establishing and strengthening of cyber crime police stations, through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).

The  Central  Government  supplements  the  initiatives  of  the  States/UTs through advisories and financial assistance under various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is for the year 2023. As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases registered and crime rate under cyber  crimes  against  women  and  children  (involving  communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2021 to 2023 are at the Annexure-I & II respectively.

The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) compiles and  publishes  the  statistical  data  on  cyber  crime  police  stations  and forensic science  laboratories/ mobile  forensic science  vans  in its publication 'Data on Police Organizations'. As per the d ata published by the  BPR&D,  State/UT-wise  detail  of  cyber  crime  police  stations  and forensic  science  laboratories/  mobile  forensic  science  vans,  as  on 01.01.2024 is at Annexure-III & Annexure-IV respectively. The States/UTs set up cyber police station and digital forensic lab as per requirement.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 5108 FOR 24.03.2026

As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases  registered  and  crime  rate  under  Kidnapping  and  Abduction  of Women (Above 18 years) & Girls (Below 18 years) to compel for marriage during 2023 is at Annexure-V.

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Crime Rate (CRate) under Cyber Crimes against Women during 2021-23

| SL   | State/UT                   | 2021   | 2021   | 2022   | 2022   | 2023   | 2023   |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                   | CR     | CRate  | CR     | CRate  | CR     | CRate  |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 471    | 1.8    | 637    | 2.4    | 559    | 2.1    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 16     | 2.1    | 5      | 0.7    | 4      | 0.5    |
| 3    | Assam                      | 856    | 5.0    | 610    | 3.5    | 469    | 2.7    |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 56     | 0.1    | 84     | 0.1    | 644    | 1.1    |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 194    | 1.3    | 279    | 1.9    | 242    | 1.6    |
| 6    | Goa                        | 15     | 1.9    | 32     | 4.1    | 28     | 3.6    |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 349    | 1.0    | 352    | 1.0    | 453    | 1.3    |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 266    | 1.9    | 327    | 2.3    | 382    | 2.7    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 39     | 1.1    | 46     | 1.3    | 40     | 1.1    |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 70     | 0.4    | 106    | 0.6    | 20     | 0.1    |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 2243   | 6.8    | 3904   | 11.8   | 7002   | 21.0   |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 353    | 1.9    | 381    | 2.1    | 822    | 4.4    |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 298    | 0.7    | 390    | 0.9    | 313    | 0.7    |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 1697   | 2.8    | 2530   | 4.2    | 2502   | 4.1    |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 39     | 2.5    | 13     | 0.8    | 6      | 0.4    |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 21     | 1.3    | 27     | 1.6    | 29     | 1.7    |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 13     | 2.2    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 1      | 0.1    | 1      | 0.1    | 1      | 0.1    |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 574    | 2.5    | 574    | 2.5    | 761    | 3.3    |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 179    | 1.2    | 194    | 1.3    | 127    | 0.9    |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 297    | 0.8    | 498    | 1.3    | 521    | 1.3    |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 0      | 0.0    | 11     | 3.4    | 8      | 2.4    |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 248    | 0.6    | 401    | 1.0    | 1062   | 2.8    |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 883    | 4.7    | 1262   | 6.7    | 1447   | 7.6    |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 1      | 0.0    | 4      | 0.2    | 14     | 0.7    |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 958    | 0.9    | 1101   | 1.0    | 1463   | 1.3    |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 183    | 3.3    | 161    | 2.9    | 144    | 2.5    |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 201    | 0.4    | 142    | 0.3    | 176    | 0.4    |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 10521  | 1.6    | 14072  | 2.2    | 19239  | 2.9    |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 3      | 1.6    | 12     | 6.3    | 37     | 19.4   |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 12     | 2.2    | 16     | 2.8    | 17     | 3.0    |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 4      | 1.0    | 5      | 1.2    | 3      | 0.7    |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 151    | 1.6    | 250    | 2.5    | 135    | 1.3    |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir            | 39     | 0.6    | 39     | 0.6    | 68     | 1.0    |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 1      | 3.0    |
| 36   | Puducherry                 | 0      | 0.0    | 15     | 1.8    | 10     | 1.1    |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                | 209    | 1.1    | 337    | 1.8    | 271    | 1.4    |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 10730  | 1.6    | 14409  | 2.1    | 19510  | 2.9    |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

Crime Rate = Cases Registered Per Lakh Population

State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Crime Rate (CRate) under Cyber Crimes against Children during 2021-23

| SL   | State/UT                   | 2021   | 2021   | 2022   | 2022   | 2023   | 2023   |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                   | CR     | CRate  | CR     | CRate  | CR     | CRate  |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 65     | 0.4    | 124    | 0.8    | 83     | 0.5    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 3    | Assam                      | 136    | 1.1    | 100    | 0.8    | 40     | 0.3    |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 2      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 10     | 0.0    |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 88     | 0.9    | 118    | 1.2    | 193    | 2.0    |
| 6    | Goa                        | 3      | 0.8    | 3      | 0.8    | 10     | 2.6    |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 43     | 0.2    | 64     | 0.3    | 39     | 0.2    |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 5      | 0.1    | 38     | 0.4    | 36     | 0.4    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 7      | 0.3    | 5      | 0.2    | 4      | 0.2    |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 6      | 0.0    | 6      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 164    | 0.8    | 239    | 1.2    | 363    | 1.9    |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 163    | 1.7    | 182    | 1.9    | 443    | 4.7    |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 45     | 0.2    | 176    | 0.6    | 43     | 0.1    |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 168    | 0.5    | 178    | 0.5    | 31     | 0.1    |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 1      | 0.1    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 3      | 0.2    | 2      | 0.1    | 7      | 0.5    |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 4      | 0.9    |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 1      | 0.1    |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 48     | 0.3    | 48     | 0.3    | 69     | 0.5    |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 63     | 0.7    | 31     | 0.4    | 14     | 0.2    |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 33     | 0.1    | 182    | 0.6    | 306    | 1.1    |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 19     | 0.1    | 26     | 0.1    | 19     | 0.1    |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 17     | 0.1    | 33     | 0.3    | 36     | 0.3    |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 1      | 0.1    |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 101    | 0.1    | 118    | 0.1    | 34     | 0.0    |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 23     | 0.6    | 10     | 0.3    | 64     | 1.7    |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 5      | 0.0    | 2      | 0.0    | 3      | 0.0    |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 1208   | 0.3    | 1685   | 0.4    | 1853   | 0.4    |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 2      | 1.8    | 6      | 5.3    | 23     | 20.5   |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0.0    | 1      | 0.3    | 5      | 1.5    |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0      | 0.0    | 2      | 1.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 162    | 2.9    | 120    | 2.2    | 15     | 0.3    |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir            | 4      | 0.1    | 5      | 0.1    | 3      | 0.1    |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 36   | Puducherry                 | 0      | 0.0    | 4      | 1.1    | 3      | 0.8    |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                | 168    | 1.5    | 138    | 1.2    | 49     | 0.4    |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 1376   | 0.3    | 1823   | 0.4    | 1902   | 0.4    |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

Crime Rate = Cases Registered Per Lakh Population

STATE/UT -WISE DETAILS OF CYBER CRIME POLICE STATIONS

| Sl.No.   | STATES/UTs                   | Number of Cyber Crime Police Station   |
|----------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh               | 3                                      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh            | 1                                      |
| 3        | Assam                        | -                                      |
| 4        | Bihar                        | 44                                     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                 | 6                                      |
| 6        | Goa                          | 1                                      |
| 7        | Gujarat                      | 39                                     |
| 8        | Haryana                      | 29                                     |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh             | 4                                      |
| 10       | Jharkhand                    | 7                                      |
| 11       | Karnataka                    | 2                                      |
| 12       | Kerala                       | 20                                     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh               | 1                                      |
| 14       | Maharashtra                  | 47                                     |
| 15       | Manipur                      | 1                                      |
| 16       | Meghalaya                    | 1                                      |
| 17       | Mizoram                      | 1                                      |
| 18       | Nagaland                     | 1                                      |
| 19       | Odisha                       | 15                                     |
| 20       | Punjab                       | 2                                      |
| 21       | Rajasthan                    | 34                                     |
| 22       | Sikkim                       | -                                      |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                   | 54                                     |
| 24       | Telangana                    | 13                                     |
| 25       | Tripura                      | -                                      |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                | 75                                     |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                  | 2                                      |
| 28       | West Bengal                  | 36                                     |
| 29       | A & N Islands                | 1                                      |
| 30       | Chandigarh                   | 1                                      |
| 31       | D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu | -                                      |
| 32       | Delhi                        | 15                                     |
| 33       | Jammu and Kashmir            | 2                                      |
| 34       | Ladakh                       | -                                      |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                  | -                                      |
| 36       | Puducherry                   | 1                                      |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                        | 459                                    |

Source: BPR&D publication 'Data on Police Organizations'

DETAILS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES (FSLs)/ MOBILE FORENSIC SCIENCE VANS AVAILABLE WITH STATES/UTs

| Sl.No.   | STATES/UTs        | FSLs   | Regional FSLs   | District Mobile Forensic Units   |
|----------|-------------------|--------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1      | 5               | 109                              |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1      | -               | 6                                |
| 3        | Assam             | 1      | 5               | -                                |
| 4        | Bihar             | 1      | 3               | 4                                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 1      | 3               | 7                                |
| 6        | Goa               | 1      | -               | 2                                |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 1      | 7               | 47                               |
| 8        | Haryana           | 1      | 4               | 17                               |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1      | 2               | 3                                |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 1      | -               | 24                               |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 1      | 7               | -                                |
| 12       | Kerala            | 1      | 11              | 19                               |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1      | 4               | 50                               |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 1      | 12              | 45                               |
| 15       | Manipur           | 1      | -               | 4                                |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 1      | -               | 1                                |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 1      | -               | 1                                |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 1      | -               | 1                                |
| 19       | Odisha            | 1      | 3               | 36                               |
| 20       | Punjab            | 1      | 3               | 32                               |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 1      | 6               | 34                               |
| 22       | Sikkim            | 1      | -               | 1                                |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | 1      | 10              | 47                               |
| 24       | Telangana         | 1      | 4               | -                                |
| 25       | Tripura           | 1      | -               | 3                                |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1      | 12              | 75                               |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 1      | 1               | 2                                |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 1      | 2               | 4                                |
| 29       | A & N Islands     | 1      | -               | 1                                |
| 30       | Delhi             | 1      | 1               | 6                                |
| 31       | Jammu and Kashmir | 1      | 1               | 23                               |
| 32       | Puducherry        | 1      | -               | 1                                |
|          | TOTAL             |        | 106             | 605                              |
|          |                   | 32     |                 |                                  |

Source: BPR&D publication 'Data on Police Organizations'

State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Crime Rate (CRate) under Kidnapping and Abduction of Women (Above 18 years) & Girls (Below 18 years) to compel for marriage during 2023

| SL         | State/UT                   | 2023   | 2023   | 2023   | 2023   |
|------------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL         | State/UT                   | Women  | Women  | Girls  | Girls  |
| SL         | State/UT                   | CR     | CRate  | CR     | CRate  |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh             | 58     | 0.2    | 74     | 0.3    |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh          | 2      | 0.3    | 1      | 0.1    |
| 3          | Assam                      | 1000   | 5.7    | 371    | 2.1    |
| 4          | Bihar                      | 4534   | 7.4    | 4933   | 8.1    |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh               | 1      | 0.0    | 76     | 0.5    |
| 6          | Goa                        | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 7          | Gujarat                    | 43     | 0.1    | 524    | 1.5    |
| 8          | Haryana                    | 656    | 4.6    | 312    | 2.2    |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh           | 13     | 0.4    | 131    | 3.6    |
| 10         | Jharkhand                  | 620    | 3.2    | 155    | 0.8    |
| 11         | Karnataka                  | 21     | 0.1    | 8      | 0.0    |
| 12         | Kerala                     | 15     | 0.1    | 24     | 0.1    |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh             | 51     | 0.1    | 1622   | 3.9    |
| 14         | Maharashtra                | 47     | 0.1    | 91     | 0.1    |
| 15         | Manipur                    | 7      | 0.4    | 5      | 0.3    |
| 16         | Meghalaya                  | 3      | 0.2    | 3      | 0.2    |
| 17         | Mizoram                    | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 18         | Nagaland                   | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 19         | Odisha                     | 4      | 0.0    | 60     | 0.3    |
| 20         | Punjab                     | 105    | 0.7    | 1278   | 8.7    |
| 21         | Rajasthan                  | 884    | 2.2    | 662    | 1.7    |
| 22         | Sikkim                     | 0      | 0.0    | 1      | 0.3    |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu                 | 92     | 0.2    | 101    | 0.3    |
| 24         | Telangana                  | 97     | 0.5    | 123    | 0.6    |
| 25         | Tripura                    | 8      | 0.4    | 21     | 1.0    |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh              | 6978   | 6.2    | 3649   | 3.2    |
| 27         | Uttarakhand                | 79     | 1.4    | 3      | 0.1    |
| 28         | West Bengal                | 125    | 0.3    | 390    | 0.8    |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 15443  | 2.3    | 14618  | 2.2    |
| 29         | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 30         | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0.0    | 9      | 1.6    |
| 31         | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 32         | Delhi                      | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 33         | Jammu & Kashmir            | 416    | 6.4    | 10     | 0.2    |
| 34         | Ladakh                     | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 35         | Lakshadweep                | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
| 36         | Puducherry                 | 0      | 0.0    | 0      | 0.0    |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)                | 416    | 2.2    | 19     | 0.1    |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)                     | 15859  | 2.3    | 14637  | 2.2    |

Source: 'Crime in India' published by NCRB.

Crime Rate = Cases Registered Per Lakh Population

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