Latest statistics from Orissa - Dowry torture allegations are approx 6 times dowry DEATH FIRs !!!

Latest statistics from Orissa - Dowry torture allegations are approx 6 times dowry DEATH FIRs !!!

Dowry torture allegations where wife is alive : 1702 Nos

Dowry death FIRs : 299 Nos

Please note :
- Even the above are only FIRs AND NOT PROVEN cases.
- There are umpteen cases where suicides by women are claimed to be Dowry related, while myriad other problems NOT excluding adultery, past love, un sound mind of woman, depression etc are the real cause behind the woman’s suicide.


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http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20070706004311&Page=Q&Title=ORISSA&Topic=0

Friday July 6 2007 11:04 IST

BHUBANESWAR: Everyday, more than one woman are either killed or commit suicide for dowry in Orissa.

According to a White Paper circulated in the Assembly by the Home Department, as many as 570 cases of murder and suicide by women relating to dowry had been recorded in the State during 2006, with most deaths occurring in the developed coastal plains.

A total of 531 murders linked to dowry were reported during the past year while 39 women committed suicide during the same period.

This showed a rise in dowry death cases compared to 2005 when 458 murders and 26 suicides were recorded, it said.

The White Paper said chargesheets had been filed in 299 dowry murder cases while another 224 cases were being investigated. In eight cases, the allegations were found to be untrue.

Chargesheets had also been filed in 20 cases of dowry related suicides while investigation is in progress in 18 cases. One case was found to be untrue.

Besides, 1,702 cases of dowry related torture had been registered in the State during 2006 and chargesheets had been filed in 799 of them.

Dowry-related murders, suicides and torture were mostly reported from the developed coastal belt where the education level is high. Balasore district topped the list with 53 dowry-related murders, followed by Cuttack (49), Bhadrak (43), Kendrapara (36), Khurda (35), Puri (30) and Jajpur (29).

The lowest number of dowry related murders was recorded in the backward districts of Kandhamal and Deogarh (three each), followed by Jharsuguda and Gajapati (four each), Nabarangpur (five), Nuapada (six) and Rayagada and Sambalpur (seven each).

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