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Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 28 (PTI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the incidents of sexual assaults and related crimes against women are showing a declining trend in the state and the objective of his government was to create a society where no woman is harassed.
He made the statement in the state Assembly during the zero hour when the opposition Congress-led UDF tried to attack the Left government and the Home department led by Vijayan over a handful of recent incidents of violence and rape against women in various parts of the state.
Quoting figures, the Chief Minister said while 15,114 cases of violence against women were registered in 2016, the number dropped to 12,659 in 2020.
The number of rape cases have dipped to 1,880 in 2020 from 2,003 in the year 2017, he said, adding that only 3,890 assault cases were registered in 2020 against 4,413 in 2017.
The number of deaths following dowry related harassment dropped to just six in 2020 from 12 reported in 2017, he said.
"The fact is that the number of sexual assaults and related crimes are showing a decrease between the years 2016 and 2021...