Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded a whopping 37,611 cases of crimes against women between June 2024 and July 2025, the state Assembly was informed on Monday.
This information was shared by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi while answering question by a legislator in the House. Majhi said 2,933 cases of rape, 9,181 molestation, 1,278 sexual harassment, 2161 public disrobing of women, 8,227 kidnapping/abduction of women, 5,464 dowry-related torture and 6,134 non-dowry torture were reported in the state during those 14 months.
Similarly, 702 eve-teasing cases, 174 attempt to rape, 334 incidents of refusal to marry after sex, 447 stalking, three acid attack cases, three attempt to acid attack cases, 127 trafficking of women, 264 dowry homicide and 44 dowry suicide cases were also registered in different police stations across the state, the Chief Minister said.
The Chief Minister said that offences related to molestation and abduction formed the largest share of such crimes. Together, these two categories accounted for 17,408 cases, which is nearly half (46.3%) of the total recorded crimes during this period.
Additionally, the crime records included three cases relating to acid attack and two attempted acid attacks, as well as one offence termed as ‘sexual intercourse not amounting to rape’.
