Crime against women increasing in Arunachal: Police

The crimes against women have increased in Arunachal Pradesh, although the overall crime rate is on decline in the state, officials said here today.
The information was given to the state Home Minister Tanga Byaling by senior police officials at a meeting here last evening, they said.
The crimes against women, which were on rise in comparison with the overall declining rate of crime, were in the nature of abduction, molestation and domestic violence, police officials had told the minister.
The minister directed police to register such cases promptly, provide security to the victims and take all steps to grant speedy justice, they said.

Byaling also directed the police to effectively coordinate with the army and paramilitary forces deployed in disturbed Changlang, Tirap and Longding districts to tackle insurgency.