Crime Against Women Rises in Mizoram

Aizawl, Oct 11 : As per record maintained by the Mizoram police, the department has registered 137 cases of crime against women since January to October this year. Police said that the trend is  increasing and alarming. Since 2008 police registered 639 cases of among which 303 are rape cases.

In the meantime, of the total cases of suicide this year, 28.30% of them are females. Police had recorded 563 suicide cases this year. The police also said 196 cases of crime against women were registered in 2010 while 154 cases in 2008 and 152 in 2009. So far, the police has registered 137 cases this year.

Out of 303 incidents of crime against women 156 cases were below 16 years girls while 147 cases were above 16 years.

There have been 5 cases of trafficking during the same period besides 89 cases of molestation cases below 16 years and 140 cases above 16 years old girls.

Regarding the suicide cases, in Aizawl district alone, Mizoram police had recorded 47 cases of suicide cases since January this year. However, as per record maintained by the New Life Charity Society (NELICS) 53 cases of suicide have been registered this year out of which 15 were females.

According to research carried out by experts, the main cause of suicide in Mizoram is due to mental depression. Love affairs and sex problems were the second biggest reasons among the youths in Mizoram.