Bhubaneswar: The Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Maoist activities have come down in the State in 2024 due to strong action taken by the police and administration, as per the White Paper published by the Home Department.
While nine LWE incidents were reported in 2023, only four such incidents were reported during last year, the Report said.
In the police action, 6 CPI (Maoists) were neutralised while 8 others were arrested and four Maoists surrendered before the police. During the anti-Maoist operations, the Police have seized 32 guns, 91 sophisticated explosives and other materials.
Only one civilian died in LWE incidents in 2024 whereas three people died in such incidents in the previous year, it reported.
According to the white paper circulated among the members of the Assembly last night ahead of the discussion on the Home Department budget on Wednesday, the state has reported 3,054 rape cases and 1,258 cases of murder in the calendar year 2024 while 2,826 rape and 1362 murder cases were registered in different police station of Odisha in 2023.
So, the rape cases have been increased by 8 percent while cases of murder down by 7.6 percent.
A total of 2,14,113 cognizable cases including 1,258 murder, 356 dacoity, 2,582 robbery, 6,408 burglary, 17,805 theft, 6,307 swindling, 1,471 rioting, 3,054 rape, 12,375 motor vehicle accident and 1,62,497 other miscellaneous cases were reported during 2024.
During investigation, the police found 2,07,204 cognizable cases are true, of which, chargesheets have been filed in 1,39,001 cases.
Out of 3054 registered rape cases, the police found 2986 cases true during investigation and submitted chargesheets in 1948 cases, the report said.
Similarly, out of 1,258 murder cases registered in the last year, 1215 found to be true and chargesheet filed against 542 cases.A total of 2501 cyber crimes involving cheating of Rs 154.45 crore were reported during the last year in Odisha and the police have arrested 581 persons found to be involved in these cases. The police returned Rs 2.02 crore to the victims and froze Rs 8.53 crore.