GANDHINAGAR: The report of Gujarat State Human Rights Commission (GSHRC) for the year 2010-11 says that there was a four-fold increase in the number of complaints alleging violation of women's human rights between 2006-07 and 2010-11. The commission received a total of 55 complaints in 2006-07; this had increased to 200 in 2010-11.
In 2010-11 alone, a whopping 11,478 cases of crimes again women were registered in Gujarat. Of these, 297 were cases of murder, 428 of rape, 1,394 of abduction, 97 of attempt to murder, 910 were of molestation, 534 of abetment of suicide, 270 of causing grievous hurt, 496 of normal injury and 6,999 were cases of harassment for dowry.
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