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55% of crimes against women plaints from UP

The highest number of complaints were received in the right to dignity category that involves harassment other than domestic violence and it stood at 8,540

DT NEXT Bureau

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) registered 28,811 complaints of crime against women last year and about 55 per cent were from Uttar Pradesh.

The highest number of complaints were received in the right to dignity category that involves harassment other than domestic violence and it stood at 8,540, according to NCW data. This was followed by 6,274 complaints of domestic violence.

Dowry harassment complaints stood at 4,797, molestation complaints at 2,349, police apathy against women complaints at 1,618, and rape and attempt to rape complaints at 1,537, the data showed.

There were 805 complaints of sexual harassment, 605 of cybercrime, 472 of stalking and 409 of honour crimes, it stated.

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