21 per cent increase in crime against women in Punjab: Official

Punjab has witnessed a 21 per cent increase in cases of domestic violence and crime against women from February to April 20 this year, officials said here on Thursday.

Saying that the jump in cases was due to a "massive increase" during the lockdown period, Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta directed the state's Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) with the Crime Against Women (CAW) cells to submit action taken reports in such cases on a "daily basis."