According to information received from the Ministry of Home Affairs, there has been an increasing trend of incidents of atrocities/crimes on minority Christian community during 1998 in some States.
State-wise comparative statement of crimes/atrocities for year 1995, 1996 and 1997 and 1998 is given below :-
|
S.No. |
State |
No. of incidents of atrocities/ crimes against Christians |
|||
|
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
||
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
NIL |
NII |
NIL |
1 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pd. |
2 |
1 |
2 |
NIL |
|
3 |
Bihar |
NIL |
NIL |
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
Gujarat |
NII |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
5 |
Jammu&Kashmir |
NIL |
NII |
1 |
NIL |
|
6 |
Kerala |
NIL |
2 |
3 |
NIL |
|
7 |
Madhya Pradesh |
2 |
NII |
NIL |
NIL |
|
8 |
Maharashtra |
NIL |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
9 |
Manipur |
NIL |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
10 |
Punjab |
NIL |
NIL |
1 |
NIL |
|
11 |
Rajasthan |
NIL |
NIL |
8 |
NIL |
|
12 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1 |
NIL |
NIL |
1 |
|
13 |
W. Bengal |
NIL |
1 |
1 |
NIL |
|
|
Total |
5 |
7 |
23 |
15 |
(Source: LSUQ No. 5963 dated 28.7.1998 by N. Foley)