KHOWAI/AGARTALA, May 1 (TIWN): Vote come, vote goes with political leaders of the state on a spree to voice for change and development to the state, but the real entity of the state Tripura under the regime of 22 years stint in power Left front govt. has left the common mass under suffocation of filthy incidents increasing at an alarming rate.

On yet another minor rape incident here at Tripura Teliamura in the so called ‘Golden era’ of Manik Sarkar one 28 years old youth arrested on Friday. The accused has been identified as Tapas Das son of Sunil Das, resident of Hawaibari Gram Panchayat. Accordingly the father of the victim filed a FIR against Tapas Das.

The incident occurred on Thursday at Hawai Bari GP when Tapas Das raped a minor girl near Tanghai bazaar. Teliamura police personnel arrested Tapas Das on Friday morning from his house. He will be produced before the court on Friday, said sources.

Tripura gradually emerges as the unsafe and unprotective place for the women. Every day the number of crime incidents upon women is increasing alarmingly. Data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) also tell that every second day a woman is raped in Tripura (as of 2012) with the figure of202 rape cases in 2012 alone. Though the number has seen a downfall from 258 in 2011 but during the period from2001 to 2012, this number is seventh most worst. The year which had least rape cases during the said period is 2003 with 135. ]

Along with that, the atrocities on the women folk in the names of kidnapping and abduction is numbered as 120 in 2012 with a rising trend as 106 in 2010 and 113 in 2011. The regional disparity is a sheer instance of shame for Tripura as 87 deaths have occurred, last year, due to dowry .While neighboring state Nagaland having not a single such death, as informed by the data source of Open Government Data (OGD) platform of India, maintained by Department of States of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.

Additionally, an alarming 375 cases were reported as regards assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty. 1147 cases were reported under the head Cruelty by Husband or his relatives (Under IPC 498A), in the year 2012.Not only the serious crimeslike murders and women related crimes but the Police have also performed poorly when it comes to safeguarding the properties of people. A mere less than 35 % success rate has been registered.

Though Tripura has recorded marginal fall in the crime against women though of the total cases registered with police about 46.05 per cent are women related cases.tripura-records-fall-in-crime-against-women but after that the torture on women increased alarmingly. On the other hand in the recent period, , a whopping 1,582 cases of rape and other crimes against women had been registered with 71 police stations and 35 police outposts. Out of altogether 3,771 people named as accused in complaints with the police, 2,342 had been arrested.

According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), Tripura had India’s worst crime rate against women: 46.5 per lakh population in 2010. Between April 2010 and March 2011, the Tripura Commission for Women (TCW) received 913 cases of crime against women, out of which 62 were against tribals.