Guwahati Mar 28 PTI As many as 28056 suicide cases have been registered in Assam since 2012 the Assembly was informed on MondayIn a written reply Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who also holds the Home portfolio said inquiry into such cases has revealed that individuals have taken their own lives for various reasons including family dispute financial crisis or a relationship gone wrongSarma also said that in the last 10 years 12703 cases of murder 111 rape and murder 18519 rapes and 31360 molestations have been registeredThe CM to another question said a total of 119800 cases pertaining to nine types of crimes including theft rape kidnapping murder and dacoity have been recorded from 2017 till February 28 2022The figure for similar crimes between 2011 and 2016 stood at 85224 he notedApart from that 10651 cyber crime cases were registered from 2016 till February 28 2022 and 1374 arrests made during the periodNumber of cyber cases filed from 2011 to 2016 touched 1467 and arrests made 164 the chief minister added PTI SSG RMS RMS

Panaji Jan 29 PTI Alleging that the BJP had falsely blamed Congress leaders for the illegal mining in Goa to win elections in 2012 the opposition party on Saturday demanded an apology from the BJP saying the party-led state government has failed to recover any scam money in the last decade Addressing reporters in Panaji Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar said the BJP had alleged involvement of the then Congress-led government and its leaders in the mining scam that allegedly caused a loss of Rs 35000 crore to the state exchequer These allegations were based on the findings of a Public Accounts Committee PAC of the state Legislative Assembly The allegations were raised in 2012 Why then did the BJP fail to recover money in the last ten years in the so-called mining scam he asked Chodankar said that the BJP had made up the entire issue in 2012 to win elections and after that they stopped talking about the mining irregularities We want the BJP to prove the allegations of Congress alleged involvement in the mining scam or apologise to our leaders and the general public for misleading them he demanded Justice M B Shah Commission had estimated the loss to the exchequer due to illegal mining in Goa to the tune of Rs 35000 crore The controversial PAC report of 2011 had indicted the then chief minister Digambar Kamat and some Congress leaders The report was drafted by the PAC headed by then Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar of BJP who later became chief minister of Goa after the 2012 Assembly elections The Congress has raised the illegal mining issue ahead of the February 14 Assembly elections in Goa PTI RPS NSK NSK