Crimes against Scheduled Tribes (STs) increased 28.8 per cent in 2023 as compared to the previous year, with a total of 12,960 cases being registered across the country, up from 10,064 in 2022, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Manipur, which has been grappling with ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities since May 2023, emerged as the worst-affected state, accounting for 3,399 cases against STs. It had just one case registered under this category in 2022, and no case in 2021. “In crime against STs, 260 cases of dacoity were reported in 2023 in Manipur, 1,051 cases of arson, 203 cases of intentional insult or intimidation with intent to humiliate, 193 cases of occupy/ dispose of land belonging to STs,” it said.

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