Crime rate in Haryana did slightly increase especially against women and other weaker sections of society, state's Home Minister Anil Vij said in the Assembly on Monday.
In his reply tabled in the Assembly to a question raised by opposition Congress, Vij, however, said the crime against children decreased by 3.8 per cent during 2019.
Congress member Geeta Bhukkal had asked "whether it is a fact that crime rate is increasing in the state, especially against women, children and other weaker sections of society; and if so, the steps taken by the government to control/prevent crime?"
As Congress legislators upped the attack on treasury benches over alleged deteriorating law and order situation, Vij retorted, "During our rule, there was no Mirchpur (incident in 2010 in Hisar in which an aged Dalit man and his physically challenged teenage daughter were burnt alive), Gohana incident (in 2007 involving murder of a Dalit leader), nobody had to self-immolate before the DGP's office."
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