Lok Sabha Question No. 1491 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Crime against Foreigners
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: THOKCHOM MEINYA, K. C. VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1491

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY, 2016/ SHRAVANA 4, 1938 (SAKA)

## CRIME AGAINST FOREIGNERS

1491. DR. THOKCHOM MEINYA: SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  incidents  of  attacks,  misbehaviours  and  other  crimes against foreigners including foreign women  tourists from African countries have been reported in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported,  conviction  rate achieved and the action taken against the guilty during each of the last three  years  and  the  current  year,  State,  nationality  and  crime-wise including attacks and sexual harassment cases; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  such  cases  and  to provide  security  to  foreigners  including  foreign  women  in  the  country 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 HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (c): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has started collecting data  on  crime  against  foreigners  since  2014.    Nationality-wise  data  is not  maintained  centrally.  However  State/UT  wise  and  crime-  wise, number of cases reported under crimes against foreigners during 2014 is enclosed  at  Annexure-I.  State/UT  wise  cases  convicted  and  persons convicted under crime against foreigners during 2014 is enclosed at

## LS.US.No. 1491 FOR 26.07.2016

Annexure-I. State/UT wise cases convicted and persons convicted under crime against foreigners during 2014 is enclosed at Annexure-II. Further, 'Public Order' and 'Police' being State subjects as per the provisions of the Constitution of India, the responsibilities of maintaining law and order, registration and prosecution of crimes rest primarily with the respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. *******

| Sl. No. State/UT               | Murder   | Attempt to commit Murder   | Culpable Homicide amounting Murder   | not to Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide   | Rape   | Attempt to commit Rape   | Assault on women with intent to outrage her Modesty   | Insult to the Modesty of Women   | Kidnapping & Abduction   | Dacoity   | Robbery   | Grievous Hurt   | Extortion   | Cheating   | Theft   | Forgery   | Importation of Girls from Foreign Country   |    | Disclosure of Identity of Victims   | Human traffiiking   | Other IPC   | Immoral Traffic (Preventin ) Act, 1956 on of   | Indecent Representati Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Other   | SLL Total ners   | Crimes against Foreig (colum   | Crimes against Foreig (colum   | Crimes against Foreig (colum   |
|--------------------------------|----------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|------------|---------|-----------|---------------------------------------------|----|-------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh               | 1        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 1          | 3       | 0         | 0                                           | 0  |                                     | 0 0                 | 0           | 0 0                                            |                                                             |                  | n 1+2) 5                       | n 1+2) 5                       | n 1+2) 5                       |
| 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                                            | 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                   | 0           | 0 0                                            | 0                                                           |                  | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 4 Bihar                        | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 12      | 0         | 0                                           | 0  |                                     | 0                   | 1           | 0 0                                            | 0                                                           |                  | 13                             | 13                             | 13                             |
| 5 Chhattisgarh                 | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 0       | 0         | 0                                           | 0  | 0                                   |                     | 0           | 0 0                                            | 0                                                           |                  | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 6 Goa                          | 1        | 0                          | 1                                    | 0                                            | 2      | 0                        | 5                                                     | 1                                | 1                        | 0         | 0         | 1               | 0           | 5          |         | 38 0      | 0                                           | 0  |                                     | 0                   | 17          | 1                                              | 0 0                                                         |                  | 73                             | 73                             | 73                             |
| 7 Gujarat                      | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 2         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 2       | 0         | 0                                           | 0  | 0                                   |                     | 0           | 0                                              | 0                                                           |                  | 4                              | 4                              | 4                              |
| 8 Haryana                      | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 5       | 0         | 0                                           | 0  |                                     | 0                   | 4           | 0 0                                            | 0 0                                                         |                  | 9                              | 9                              | 9                              |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh             | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 1                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 1       | 0         | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 0                   | 0           | 0 0                                            | 0                                                           |                  | 2                              | 2                              | 2                              |
| 10 Jammu & Kashmir             | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 1                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 0       | 0         | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                                              | 0 0                                                         |                  | 1                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 11 Jharkhand                   | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           |            | 0       | 0 0       |                                             | 0  | 0                                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                                              | 0 0                                                         |                  | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 12 Karnataka                   | 1        | 2                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 3      | 0                        | 2                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 2         | 0               | 0           | 0          |         | 1 0       | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 0                   | 2           | 0                                              | 0 1                                                         |                  | 14                             | 14                             | 14                             |
| 13 Kerala                      | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 4                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 2       | 0         | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 0                   | 2           | 0                                              | 0 0                                                         |                  | 8                              | 8                              | 8                              |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh              | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 1         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 1       | 0         | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 0                   | 0           | 0 0                                            | 0                                                           |                  | 2                              | 2                              | 2                              |
| 15 Maharashtra                 | 1        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 6                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 4         | 0               | 0           | 3          |         | 22 15     | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 1                   | 5           | 0 0                                            | 2                                                           |                  | 59                             | 59                             | 59                             |
| 16 Manipur                     | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 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         | 0                                              |                                                             | 0                | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 18 Mizoram                     | 1        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 0       |           | 0                                           | 0  | 0                                   | 0                   | 0 0         | 0                                              |                                                             | 0                | 1                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 19 Nagaland                    | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          |         | 0         | 0                                           | 0  | 0                                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                                              | 0                                                           | 0                | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 20 Odisha                      | 0        | 0                          | 1                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          |         | 0 0       |                                             | 0  | 0                                   | 0                   | 0 0         |                                                | 0                                                           | 0                | 1                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 21 Punjab                      | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 1      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 1          | 1       |           | 0                                           | 0  | 0                                   | 0                   | 1 0         | 0                                              | 0                                                           |                  | 4                              | 4                              | 4                              |
| 22 Rajasthan                   | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0 0                                          | 4 0    | 0                        | 3                                                     | 0                                | 0 0                      | 0         | 2         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 22      | 3         | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 0                   | 2           | 0                                              | 0                                                           | 0                | 36                             | 36                             | 36                             |
| 23 Sikkim                      | 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                              |
| 24 Tamil Nadu                  |          | 0                          |                                      |                                              |        | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 1       |           | 0                                           | 0  | 0                                   | 0                   | 3           | 0 0                                            |                                                             | 1                | 7                              | 7                              | 7                              |
| 25 Telangana                   | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 2                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 0       | 0         | 0                                           |    | 0                                   | 0                   | 0           | 0                                              | 0                                                           | 0                | 2                              | 2                              | 2                              |
| 26 Tripura                     | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 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                        | 6                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 8         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 31      | 0         | 0                                           | 0  |                                     | 0                   | 1           | 0 0                                            | 20                                                          |                  | 66                             | 66                             | 66                             |
| 28 Uttarakhand                 | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          |         | 0 0       | 0                                           | 0  |                                     | 0                   | 0           | 0                                              | 0                                                           | 0                | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 29 West Bengal                 | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 2      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0         | 0               | 0           | 0          | 0       | 0         | 0                                           | 0  | 0                                   |                     | 0           | 0                                              |                                                             | 0                | 4 6                            | 4 6                            | 4 6                            |
| TOTAL STATE(S)                 | 5        | 2                          | 2                                    | 0                                            | 14     | 1                        | 29                                                    | 1                                | 1                        | 0         | 19        | 1               | 0           | 10         | 142     | 18        | 0                                           | 0  | 1                                   | 38                  |             | 1 0                                            | 28                                                          | 313              | 313                            | 313                            | 313                            |
| 30 A & N Islands 31 Chandigarh | 0 0      | 0 0                        | 0 0                                  | 0 0                                          | 0 0    | 0 0                      | 0 0                                                   | 0 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                              |
| 32 D&N Haveli                  | 0        |                            |                                      |                                              | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         |           | 0               |             | 0          | 0       | 0         |                                             |    | 0                                   |                     |             | 0                                              | 0                                                           | 0                |                                | 2                              | 2                              |
| 33 Daman & Diu                 | 0        | 0 0                        | 0 0                                  | 0 0                                          | 0      | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0 0       | 0 0 0           | 0           | 0          | 0       | 0         | 0 0                                         | 0  | 0 0                                 | 0                   | 0 0         | 0 0                                            | 0                                                           | 0                | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 34 Delhi UT                    | 0        |                            | 0                                    | 0                                            | 8      | 0                        |                                                       | 2                                | 2                        | 0         | 3         | 0               | 0           | 9          |         | 116 3     | 0                                           | 0  |                                     |                     | 0 3         | 0                                              | 0                                                           | 6                | 164                            | 164                            | 164                            |
| 35 Lakshadweep                 | 0        | 2 0                        | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0      | 0                        | 10 0                                                  | 0                                | 0                        | 0         |           | 0               | 0           | 0          | 0       | 0 0       |                                             | 0  | 0                                   | 0 0                 | 0 4         | 0 0                                            | 0                                                           | 0 0              | 0 7                            | 0 7                            | 0 7                            |
| 36 Puducherry TOTAL UT(S)      | 0        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                            | 0 8    | 0                        | 0                                                     | 0                                | 0                        | 0         | 0 0       | 0 0             | 0           | 3          |         | 0 0       | 0 0                                         |    |                                     | 0                   |             | 0                                              | 0 7                                                         | 0                | 6                              |                                | 173                            |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA)              | 0 5      | 2 4                        | 0 2                                  | 0 0                                          | 0 22   | 1                        | 10 39                                                 | 2 3                              | 2 3                      | 0 0       | 3 22      | 1               | 0 0         | 12 22      | 118     | 3 21      | 260 0                                       |    | 0                                   | 1 1                 | 45          | 45                                             | 45                                                          | 45               | 34                             | 45                             | 486                            |

Annexure - II State/UT wise cases convicted and persons convicted under crime against foreigners during 2014

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

Source: Crime in India

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