Odisha recorded 30,943 cases related to crime against women in 2024. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi shared the information while answering a query by senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deb in the Odisha Assembly. An investigation is pending in 29,354 cases, while police have submitted a charge sheet in 1,230 cases. As many as 7,584 women have lodged cases with the police in the state alleging molestation in the last year. The opposition Congress and BJD have been alleging deterioration in law and order situation during the last eight months since BJP assumed power in theState. The Assembly also witnessed huge pandemonium over the collapsed law and Order situation in the State on the second day of this Budget Session. The state recorded 2,834 cases of kidnapping or abduction of women in June 2024. The Chief Minister also informed the house that nine women victims faced acid attacks in 2024, according to the BJD MLA. The Odisha Police recorded registration of 2,574 rape cases at police stations across the state during last year and 6,878 cases were registered on the charges of kidnap or abduction.
