NCRB data shows fall in crimes against SCs and STs in Andhra Pradesh in 2020

VISAKHAPATNAM: Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) saw a decrease of 5.8 per cent and 3 per cent respectively in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the annual ‘Crime in India-2020’ report by the NCRB.A total of 1,950 cases were registered for committing crime against SCs in 2020 while the number of cases was 2,071 in 2019. Andhra Pradesh ranked 8th in the county and second position in southern India in this category.A total of 111 SC women, including 39 children, were abused in 2020. As many as 31 Dalits were murdered. About 192 cases of assault on women with intent to outrage modesty were reported in the state and a total of 22 people were kidnapped. The year 2020 witnessed some of the shocking incidents of attacks on Dalit youth in the state. Eight persons, including Big Boss (Telugu) fame Nutan Naidu and his wife were arrested for tonsure of a youngster, P Srikanth, (a house-keeping boy in Nutan Naidu’s house) in Vizag city.A total of 320 cases were registered in the state in 2020 for crime against ST people while the number of cases was 330 in 2019. State ranked 8th in the country in crime against STs in 2020.