Complaints Received by the TCW

Violence against women is the accursed social evil affecting all strata of our society. It manifests in various forms both within as well as outside the family. In Tripura, during the year under report, the scenario was found not very different from the trend prevailing throughout the country although some differences were also observed for the State in this respect. It was not that women were not safe and secured in Tripura and they could not move freely even in the night like many other states of our country. But, the overall commendable law and order situation of the State during the period under report did not match with the number of incidents of crime committed against women as reflected from complaints received by the Commission.

The complaints received by the Commission during the period under report relate to various categories of crimes against women such as bigamy, marital discord, domestic violence, atrocities for dowry, desertion, rape, rape at promising marriage, murder, kidnapping/abduction, sexual harassment at workplace and deprivation of different rights, etc. The total no of complaints received by the commission from all parts of Tripura between April 2007 and March 2008 was 729 of which 686 complaints were from women complainants and 43 from men complainants (Table 1.1 in Appendix). The domestic violence (family discord) remained as the largest category of crime committed against women in Tripura followed by dowry harassment during the period under report. The proportion of various types of crime to the total number of crime against women as revealed from complaints lodged in the commission can be seen from the chart given below.