New Delhi: Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) communities saw a sharp increase between 2018 and 2022, with atrocities against both marginalised communities doubling in Rajasthan, the government has said.
According to data provided by minister of state for social justice, Ramdas Athawale, in response to an unstarred question by Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, Uttar Pradesh has consistently led the charts on crimes against SC communities, while Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of crimes against those listed as STs in the same period.
In Uttar Pradesh, crimes against SC communities increased from 11,924 in 2018 to 15,368 in 2022. In Rajasthan, instances of atrocities against the community doubled from 4,607 in 2018 to 8,752 in 2022. Other states that fared poorly on curbing violence against SC communities include Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Madhya Pradesh consistently recorded the highest number of crimes against ST communities s between 2018-22 with the number increasing from 1,868 to 2,979 in the five-year period. This was followed by Rajasthan, where atrocities against the community doubled from 1,095 to 2,521 in the same duration, data shows.
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