MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS(SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)
(a) to (c): Madam, instances have come to the notice of Delhi Police where the girls
hailing from North-East have been victims.The details of cases registered wherein victims
are North-Eastern women/girls for the year 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 (upto 31.01.2011)
are as under:-
Crime Head 2008 2009 2010 2011 (upto 31.01.2011) Rep P/A Rep P/A Rep P/A Rep P/A
Murder - - 3 3 - - - -
Rape 1 1 5 4 1 5 - -
Robbery - - - - 1 - - -
Molestation 4 11 9 10 7 3 3 3
Kidnapping - - 2 3 1 4 - -
Snatching - - 1 - 2 - - -
Riots - - - - - - - -
Accident - - 1 1 - - - -
Hurt - - - - - - - -
Threatening - - 1 1 - - - -
Eve-Teasing - - 1 1 - - - -
Miscellaneous - - - - 3 3 - -
Total 5 12 23 23 15 15 3 3
Rep.- Reported, P/A – Persons arrested
(d) Delhi Police has initiated several measures for the safety of women and these measures
are applicable to the North-Eastern women also. In addition, all pockets where residents
from the North-East are staying have been identified and the police stations concerned have
been instructed to have close interaction with them and also to enhance the patrolling.
Further, three DCP level officers have been specifically nominated as Nodal Officers for
the three Ranges in Delhi for addressing all issues related to the North-Eastern residents.
In addition to the above, meetings are also convened by SHOs in respect of persons residing
in their jurisdiction to reach out to the residents from North-Eastern region and address
their problems and the issues raised by them.
Detailed instruction have been issued to sensitize the staff of the PCR vans and Police
Stations so as to make them more sensitive and empathetic towards the problems and
grievances of people from the North-Eastern region residing in Delhi.
A cell namely “North East Connectâ€, headed by Joint Secretary level officer, has been
formed in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region to serve as a coordination
point with Regional Commissioners of all 8 North-Eastern (NE) States and with the
students/citizens bodies of all NE States. Review Meetings to facilitate progress in
this regard are taken from time to time.
An interactive website specifically dedicated to the people hailing from North Eastern
Region has been developed by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region in consultation
with NIC and Regional Commissioners of NE States have been advised to give it a wide publicity.
