SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir recorded 26 cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes in 2023, a rise from two cases reported in 2019, the Union home ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The figures, drawn from the National Crime Records Bureau’s Crime in India data and tabled in a written reply by Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, show a fluctuating but upward trend in recent years. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

State-wise data placed before Parliament show year-wise cases registered in Jammu and Kashmir under crimes/atrocities against Scheduled Castes as: 2019 — 2; 2020 — 7; 2021 — 13; 2022 — 11; 2023 — 26. Cases registered against Scheduled Tribes in the Union territory have remained minimal over the same period: 2019 — 0; 2020 —

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