15.12.11

Times of India

With 44 cases,Maha tops incest list

New Delhi: Nearly 290 cases of incest were registered across the country in 2010,with Maharashtra recording the highest of 44.MoS,home affairs,Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that of a total of 288 cases,37 took place in Orissa,24 in Rajasthan and 21 each in Delhi,MP and Chhattisgarh.He added that 15 cases were registered in Haryana,14 in Kerala,13 in Assam,11 each in Jharkhand and Uttarakhand,eight in Meghalaya and four each in Gujarat and UP.No case of incest was registered in J&K,Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Chandigarh,Dadra and Nagar Haveli,Daman and Diu,Lakshadweep,Puducherry,AP,Arunachal Pradesh,Manipur,Tamil Nadu and Tripura.AGENCIES