Referring to the CRB, the chief minister said at present 6.77 percent women were employed in the Tripura Police against the national average of 3.9 percent, and 1.7 percent in other northeastern states.

However, opposition leader Ratan Lal Nath of the Congress said that crimes against women are on the rise due to poor rate of conviction.

Quoting government records, he said: 'In Tripura, the average conviction rate is 17 percent against the national average of 42.4 percent.'

When the agitated opposition continued to create a ruckus over the issue, Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debnath was forced to adjourn the house.

The crimes against women include rape, kidnapping, dowry deaths, torture, molestation, sexual harassment and immoral trafficking.

The week-long monsoon session of the Tripura assembly began Monday.