MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has started collecting data on attack on media persons under grievous hurt since 2014 and the data on cases registered and persons arrested under attack on media persons (grievous hurt) is at Annexure. Since, ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and therefore, the State Governments are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime and for prosecuting the criminals through the machinery of their law enforcement agencies as also for protecting the life and property of
the citizens. The Ministry of Home Affairs has been advising the States/UTs from time to time to take immediate measures to ensure safety and security and for elimination of all forms of crimes including crime/attacks on journalists, which is available at MHA website
http://mha.nic.in/.