Lok Sabha Question No. 3694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Attacks on Journalists
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†3694

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2015/PAUSHA 1, 1937 (SAKA)

ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS

†3694. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether attacks on journalists have been reported in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to bring a legislation new law to provide security to the journalists;

(d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and the  salient features  of the said proposal; and

(e) the time by which such legislation is likely to be enacted?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (b): National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  has  started  collecting data on attack on media persons under grievous hurt since 2014. Data on attack on journalists is not maintained separately. As per available data, a total  of  113  cases  were  registered  and  30  persons  were  arrested  under attack on media person (grievous hurt) during 2014. A State-wise statement is enclosed at Annexure.

(c) to (e) : Ministry of Home Affairs has no such  proposal  on the issue.

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Page 1 of 1 of Annexure L.S.U.S.Q.NO.3694 FOR 22.12.2015

## State/UT  wise  cases  registered  and  persons  arrested  under  attack  on    media persons (grievous hurt) during 2014 (provisional)

| Sl.No.   | State/UT          | Cases Registered   | Persons Arrested   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 4                  | 1                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                  | 0                  |
| 3        | Assam             | 2                  | 0                  |
| 4        | Bihar             | 22                 | 3                  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 0                  | 0                  |
| 6        | Goa               | 0                  | 0                  |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 3                  | 4                  |
| 8        | Haryana           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0                  | 0                  |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 3                  | 0                  |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 0                  | 0                  |
| 13       | Kerala            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                  | 10                 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 5                  | 6                  |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 0                  | 0                  |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0                  | 0                  |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0                  | 0                  |
| 20       | Odisha            | 1                  | 0                  |
| 21       | Punjab            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 0                  | 0                  |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 0                  | 0                  |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 0                  | 0                  |
| 25       | Telangana         | 0                  | 0                  |
| 26       | Tripura           | 2                  | 2                  |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 63                 | 4                  |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 1                  | 0                  |
| 29       | West Bengal       | NA                 | NA                 |
|          | Total (State)     | 113                | 30                 |
| 30       | A & N Islands     | 0                  | 0                  |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 0                  | 0                  |
| 32       | D & N Haveli      | 0                  | 0                  |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       | 0                  | 0                  |
| 34       | Delhi             | 0                  | 0                  |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | 0                  | 0                  |
| 36       | Puducherry        | 0                  | 0                  |
|          | Total (UTs)       | 0                  | 0                  |
|          | Total (All India) | 113                | 30                 |

Source : Monthly Crime Statistics N.A. stands for data is not received from the State. Andhra Pradesh & Telangana were carried out from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.

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