Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday directed police to act in cases of crime against women and girls with full sensitivity, officials said Sunday, amid a mounting Opposition attack on his government over the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman in Hathras.
He also directed the police to act fast and seriously in cases concerning scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, the govt said during a statement.
Citing the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data of 2019, the statement said the state reported a punishment rate of 55.2 per cent in cases of crime against women which is that the highest within the country.
In 2019, conviction was wiped out 8,059 cases (in crime against women) — the very best within the country, followed by Rajasthan (5,625 cases), the statement said.
