Vendetta, love affair, dowry: What triggered murders in India in 2020
3 years, 3 months ago

Vendetta, love affair, dowry: What triggered murders in India in 2020

India Today  

Across 28 states, eight Union Territories - home to 1.3 billion people, more than 42,54,300 incidents were recorded as crimes under various sections of the Indian Penal Code last year, revealed the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau. Graphic: Meghnad Bose/Indiatoday.in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, reported the maximum number of murder cases at 3,779. Graphic: Meghnad Bose/Indiatoday.in Uttar Pradesh also registered maximum cases of caste-related murders. Graphic: Meghnad Bose/Indiatoday.in Meanwhile, as many as 151 murders over 'illicit relationships' were committed in the state in 2020, followed by 'love affair' and 'blind murder'. Graphic: Meghnad Bose/Indiatoday.in CONCLUSION The NCRB data indicated that murders in India last year were mostly triggered by disputes, personal enmity, love affairs, illicit relationships and dowry.

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Murders, kidnaps, rapes and dowry deaths register upward trend in Rachakonda
6 days, 5 hours ago

Murders, kidnaps, rapes and dowry deaths register upward trend in Rachakonda

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Murders, kidnaps, rapes and dowry deaths registered an upward trend in Rachakonda in 2024, according to Rachakonda Police Commissioner G Sudheer Babu here on Monday. Murders registered 11 per cent rise in 2024, while kidnaps including minor missing cases and rapes including fake promises of marriage recorded 10 per cent and 11 per cent rise, respectively, and dowry deaths …

Death penalty to 48, life to 6,065 since July 1, 2023: U.P. govt
1 week, 4 days ago

Death penalty to 48, life to 6,065 since July 1, 2023: U.P. govt

Hindustan Times  

As many as 48 people were awarded the death penalty, mostly in the cases of murder after a sexual offence, between July 1, 2023 and December 11, 2024 in Uttar Pradesh, said state finance and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna in response to a question by Samajwadi Party MLA Ravidas Mehrotra during the ongoing winter session of Vidhan Sabha on …

Crimes against women in Delhi fell by 8.6% in 2024, shows data
1 week, 5 days ago

Crimes against women in Delhi fell by 8.6% in 2024, shows data

Hindustan Times  

The national capital has recorded a significant decline of nearly 8.6% in cases of crimes against women this year compared to 2023, according to data shared by the Delhi Police. Delhi reported 4,273 cases of rape, molestation, and eve-teasing until December 15 this year, down from 4,674 cases reported during the same period last year. A total of 1,971 rape …

Rise in Crime Against Women and Children in Andhra Pradesh: A Crisis Requiring Urgent Attention
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rise in Crime Against Women and Children in Andhra Pradesh: A Crisis Requiring Urgent Attention

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has expressed outrage over the rise in crime against women and children in the state, citing data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The data revealed a significant increase in crimes against women, with a 43% rise recorded in 2022 compared to the previous year. The state ranks sixth in the country …

28,811 complaints of crimes against women received in 2023, over 50% from U.P.: NCW data
11 months, 3 weeks ago

28,811 complaints of crimes against women received in 2023, over 50% from U.P.: NCW data

The Hindu  

The National Commission for Women registered 28,811 complaints of crime against women last year and about 55% were from Uttar Pradesh. The highest number of complaints were received in the right to dignity category that involves harassment other than domestic violence and it stood at 8,540, according to NCW data. Dowry harassment complaints stood at 4,797, molestation complaints at 2,349, …

Crimes against women and children rise in Andhra Pradesh in 2022, says NCRB data
1 year ago

Crimes against women and children rise in Andhra Pradesh in 2022, says NCRB data

The Hindu  

Crimes against women and children saw a rise in Andhra Pradesh in the year 2022, as per the data released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau. Andhra Pradesh stood sixth in the country in the number of cases of crime against women. “Women are increasingly coming forward to lodge complaint whenever in distress, and therefore there is a rise …

Telangana ranks a dubious fifth in dowry deaths
1 year ago

Telangana ranks a dubious fifth in dowry deaths

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With 44 cases of murder for dowry reported in 2022, Telangana stood in the fifth place in the country in this category. Among other findings, the NCRB said the motive for murder in 116 cases was illicit relationship; love affairs 14; honour killing three; various types of disputes, including land, and family 516; murder for gain 55 and personal …

Crime against women: 4.45 lakh FIRs filed in 2022, Delhi tops the list
1 year ago

Crime against women: 4.45 lakh FIRs filed in 2022, Delhi tops the list

Live Mint  

According to the annual crime report of the National Crime Records Bureau, Delhi registered the highest rate of crime against women in the country in 2022. The NCRB data revealed that Uttar Pradesh registered 65,743 crime against women FIRs in 2022 followed by Maharashtra 45,331, Rajasthan 45,058, West Bengal 34,738 and Madhya Pradesh 32,765. National capital Delhi topped the list …

Crimes against women, children, SC/ST, and cyber crimes, increased in 2022: Crime in India report
1 year ago

Crimes against women, children, SC/ST, and cyber crimes, increased in 2022: Crime in India report

The Hindu  

Crimes against women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, children, cyber crimes, and offences against the state saw an increase in 2022 as compared with 2021, according to the annual ‘Crime in India Report 2022’ published by the National Crime Records Bureau on Sunday. According to the Crime in India report, a total of 4,45,256 cases of ‘crimes against women’ were registered …

Encounter killings: Analysing the strongman phenomenon
1 year, 7 months ago

Encounter killings: Analysing the strongman phenomenon

The Hindu  

Published : May 04, 2023 11:00 IST - 14 MINS READ Let me state it starkly and bluntly. What we got instead was Adityanath’s triumphalism: “Those who were a threat are now under threat themselves.” The aggressiveness of Adityanath’s public posture introduces a new dimension to the tension between legitimacy, given by citizens to the police action, and legality, since …

Assam records most violent crimes: NCRB data
2 years, 3 months ago

Assam records most violent crimes: NCRB data

The Hindu  

September 02, 2022 03:50 pm | Updated September 03, 2022 03:14 pm IST - GUWAHATI “Assam has retained the top spot in recording the most violent crimes in the country followed consistently by Delhi except in 2020,” the National Crime Records Bureau data for 2021 has revealed. “But the crime rate of 76.6 cases per one lakh population – a …

India lodged more than 5,100 offences against State in 2021; 8,600 pending investigations: Government data
2 years, 3 months ago

India lodged more than 5,100 offences against State in 2021; 8,600 pending investigations: Government data

The Hindu  

India lodged 5,164 cases of offences against the State, including those under sedition, Official Secrets Act, and the Unlawful Activities Act, in 2021 with an average of 14 cases every day, according to latest government data. “Of the total such cases last year, 79.2% were registered under The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act followed by 814 cases under …

Top news of the day: India’s GDP grew 13.5% in first qurater of 2022; India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021, says NCRB data, and more
2 years, 3 months ago

Top news of the day: India’s GDP grew 13.5% in first qurater of 2022; India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021, says NCRB data, and more

The Hindu  

India’s GDP grows at 13.5% in April-June quarter India’s Gross Domestic Product grew 13.5% in the first quarter of 2022-23, with the Gross Value Added in the economy rising 12.7%, as per National Statistical Office estimates. India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data Among states, Rajasthan was on top of the list …

India lodged average 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data
2 years, 3 months ago

India lodged average 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data

The Hindu  

India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 - an average 86 daily - while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country. The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was 32,033 in 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau's 'Crime in …

India Saw Average of 82 Murders a Day, 11 Kidnappings, Abduction Every Hour in 2021
2 years, 3 months ago

India Saw Average of 82 Murders a Day, 11 Kidnappings, Abduction Every Hour in 2021

News 18  

An average of 82 people were murdered daily across India in 2021, while more than 11 kidnappings were reported every single hour during the year, according to latest National Crime Records Bureau report. The rate of murder per one lakh population was highest in Jharkhand, while that of kidnapping and abduction in Delhi, NCRB’s ‘Crime in India 2021’ report showed. …

India Witnesses Nearly 20% Increase in Rapes in 2021; Govt Data Shows Average 86 Cases Lodged Daily
2 years, 3 months ago

India Witnesses Nearly 20% Increase in Rapes in 2021; Govt Data Shows Average 86 Cases Lodged Daily

News 18  

India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 — an average 86 daily — while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country. The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was 32,033 in 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau’s ‘Crime in …

Violent crimes in 2021 back to pre-pandemic levels
2 years, 3 months ago

Violent crimes in 2021 back to pre-pandemic levels

The Hindu  

Registered violent crimes such as rape, kidnapping, crimes against children and robberies increased again across India in 2021, after pandemic-related restrictions led to a decline in these severe offences in 2020. They were also recorded under ‘Other IPC Crimes’ and ‘Other State Local Acts.’ The number of cases filed under Section 188 of the IPC almost halved from 6.12 lakh …

Raj: Gehlot’s remarks on ‘murders after rapes post death penalty’ draws Oppn ire
2 years, 4 months ago

Raj: Gehlot’s remarks on ‘murders after rapes post death penalty’ draws Oppn ire

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s comments on ‘murders after rapes’ has sparked a massive controversy, with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party stating that the CM “cannot escape from the failures of the government by making absurd statements”. Gehlot had said that murders after rapes have increased ever since the new legislation entailing death penalty for rape has come into force. …

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament
2 years, 5 months ago

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament

Firstpost  

Domestic violence, including violence during pregnancy down from NFHS-4 survey period. No increase in sexual violence against girls under 18 years was reported under Modi regime New Delhi: The government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that there has been a favourable decline in crimes against women in India since 2015. The WCD Minister said that as per the latest National …

Hate crimes are terror cases, could become a big internal security problem in India | OPINION
2 years, 5 months ago

Hate crimes are terror cases, could become a big internal security problem in India | OPINION

India Today  

Former Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, while addressing journalists in a small briefing soon after taking charge as the Chief of Army Staff on December 31, 2019, greeted all with a ‘Sat Sri Akal’. While the recent killings, including the beheading of Kanhiyalal in Udaipur, where the killers made an ISIS-like video glorifying their savage act, are horrifying, what is …

Crime Against Women Up Across Tamil Nadu in 2021
2 years, 7 months ago

Crime Against Women Up Across Tamil Nadu in 2021

News 18  

The crime rate against women was on the rise in Tamil Nadu in 2021, according to the statistics tabled in the state assembly on Tuesday. In particular, the NCW said that the number of complaints received last year after 2014 was 30 per cent higher than the 23,722 complaints against crimes against women in 2020. According to the law, 2,396 …

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades
2 years, 8 months ago

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades

Live Mint  

India’s rape-related crime rate rose 70.7% over the last two decades from 11.6 per 100,000 women and girls in 2001 to 19.8 in 2018, according to a report by Public Health Foundation of India. While the least number of cases were reported in Bihar with a rate of 1.8 per 100,000 Odisha was high up on the list with 49.4 …

25% Rise in Crimes Against Women in Andhra Pradesh in 2021
3 years ago

25% Rise in Crimes Against Women in Andhra Pradesh in 2021

News 18  

Crimes Against Women cases has gone up by over 25 per cent in Andhra Pradesh in 2021, while the average days taken for investigation was considerably down to 42 days from 102 in 2020. The cases of crime against women, which constitute 14 per cent in the overall crimes in the state, were at 17,736 in 2021 while it was …

Data | In eight States, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, domestic violence rose in 2019-20
3 years ago

Data | In eight States, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, domestic violence rose in 2019-20

The Hindu  

Nearly 30% women in India who were married at some point in their life experienced spousal violence, according to the National Family Health Survey-5. While the overall share of women who experienced spousal violence has marginally reduced from NFHS-4, it has increased significantly in several major States including Karnataka and Maharashtra. Click to remove AMP mode Change from NFHS-4 The …

2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’
3 years, 2 months ago

2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’

The Hindu  

In August Union Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking in Lucknow, lauded the Adityanath administration for taking Uttar Pradesh to the “top spot” in terms of law and order. Of the 5,613 cases registered under “offences against the state” in 2020 in the country, a whopping 80.6 per cent were registered under the Damage to Public Property Act, followed by 14.2 …

Maharashtra: 4 held for threatening man over failed love affair
3 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra: 4 held for threatening man over failed love affair

India Today  

Police have arrested four people here in Maharashtra for allegedly threatening a man with dire consequences after he married a woman with whom one of the accused was in love, an official said on Wednesday. The victim was on his way to work from Diva town in Thane district in an auto-rickshaw on September 15 when two motorcycle-borne persons allegedly …

That's how love kills in India, literally
3 years, 3 months ago

That's how love kills in India, literally

India Today  

A 26-year-old hospital staff was stabbed to death on a crowded Delhi street in April. LOVE CAN BE FATAL It now turns out romantic relationships, including extra marital, account for more than ten per cent of all murders in the country. According to the recently-released Crime in India Year 2020 report by the National Crime Records Bureau, as many as …

India recorded 77 rape cases, 80 murders daily in 2020, says NCRB report; crimes against women highest in Rajasthan
3 years, 3 months ago

India recorded 77 rape cases, 80 murders daily in 2020, says NCRB report; crimes against women highest in Rajasthan

Firstpost  

Among states, UP reported the maximum of 3,779 murder cases, followed by Bihar with 3,150 cases, in Maharashtra 2,163 cases were registered, the data showed New Delhi: India has recorded an average of 80 murders and 77 rape cases daily in 2020, National Crime Records Bureau’s report revealed on Wednesday. Among states, Uttar Pradesh reported the maximum of 3,779 murder …

Delhi reported maximum number of rapes and murders in 2020 among 19 metros, shows NCRB data
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi reported maximum number of rapes and murders in 2020 among 19 metros, shows NCRB data

Firstpost  

The capital accounted for nearly 40 percent of all rapes and almost 25 percent murder cases in the last year New Delhi: Delhi accounted for nearly 40 percent of all rape cases and almost 25 percent murder cases among 19 metropolitan cities in India in 2020, according to latest government data. Altogether, 1,849 murder cases and 2,533 rape cases were …

NCRB report: A status check on crimes in the country
3 years, 3 months ago

NCRB report: A status check on crimes in the country

The Hindu  

The Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown resulted in a drop in traditional crimes like theft, robbery, and assault on women and children in 2020, but there was a drastic jump in disobedience to government orders, primarily arising due to violations of COVID-19 norms, official data showed. According to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau on 'Crime in …

IPC, SLL cases go up in last two years in Andhra Pradesh, says NCRB report
3 years, 3 months ago

IPC, SLL cases go up in last two years in Andhra Pradesh, says NCRB report

The Hindu  

The total number of cases booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Special and Local Laws in the State has shot up over the last two years, the latest National Crime Records Bureau Report -2020 has revealed. Though, under most of the major crime sections, the State has recorded a marginal drop or increase over the previous year, …

Data | Serious offences dip in 2020, COVID violations pushes up crime rate
3 years, 3 months ago

Data | Serious offences dip in 2020, COVID violations pushes up crime rate

The Hindu  

Recorded crimes in India increased by 28% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Click to remove AMP mode Fall in serious crimes While the overall crime incidents increased, the number of violent and serious crimes fell across many crime heads in 2020 compared to 2019. Booked for flouting lockdowns The rise in crimes in …

Second highest chargesheeting rate in State
3 years, 3 months ago

Second highest chargesheeting rate in State

The Hindu  

The State has the second highest chargesheeting rate under the Indian Penal Code as per the Crime in India statistics for 2020 released by the National Crime Records Bureau. Kerala recorded the lowest incidence of murder with 323 victims in 306 incidents, recording a rate of 0.9 compared to the national rate of 2.20, which is calculated per one lakh …

Rape, Murder, Theft Cases Lowest in Uttar Pradesh for the First Times Since 2013, Shows Data
3 years, 3 months ago

Rape, Murder, Theft Cases Lowest in Uttar Pradesh for the First Times Since 2013, Shows Data

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh has seen a consistent drop in cases of rape, murder and theft since 2016, a look at official data shows. In 2020, the state recorded the lowest number of cases in each of these crime heads since 2013. According to the ‘Crime in India’ report, UP recorded 3,779 cases of murder, 2,769 cases of rape and 33,250 cases …

After yet another shocker from Hathras, here's a look at the brutal rapes that rattled Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 9 months ago

After yet another shocker from Hathras, here's a look at the brutal rapes that rattled Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

The murder of a man whose daughter was allegedly sexually harassed by the accused in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh has again brought the focus back on crimes against women in the state. Hathras had earlier shot to national infamy after a 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped by four upper caste men and the police's handling of the case, …

65% of Death Sentences in 2020 Involved Sexual Violence; Project 39A at NLU-Delhi Delhi Releases 5th Annual Death Penalty Statistics
3 years, 11 months ago

65% of Death Sentences in 2020 Involved Sexual Violence; Project 39A at NLU-Delhi Delhi Releases 5th Annual Death Penalty Statistics

Live Law  

Project 39A at National Law University, Delhi published the fifth edition of the Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report which provides an annual update on all death penalty cases in India alongwith documenting the legislative developments on the issue. However, there was an increase in the proportion of death sentences imposed for cases involving sexual offences by trial courts …

NCRB data spells good news for Andhra Pradesh: 6.5% decline in violent crimes
4 years, 2 months ago

NCRB data spells good news for Andhra Pradesh: 6.5% decline in violent crimes

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Compared to previous years, Andhra Pradesh appeared slightly safer last year with violent crimes being reported in the state declining to 7,670. The latest National Crime Records Bureau data for 2019 shows a 6.5 per cent decline in overall violent crimes in the state, compared to that of 2018. However, the number of rape cases had seen a marginal …

NCRB Data Shows Bengal Recorded Highest Political Murders in 2019, Revised Figures to Show Higher Deaths
4 years, 2 months ago

NCRB Data Shows Bengal Recorded Highest Political Murders in 2019, Revised Figures to Show Higher Deaths

News 18  

The killing of former BJP councillor Manish Shukla in Titagarh area of North 24-Parganas district is the latest in the series of political killings in West Bengal. The 2018 data for West Bengal, the NCRB says, has been repeated in its latest 2019 report because of “non-receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019”. In 2018, of the …

On an Average, India Reported 10 Cases of Rape of Dalit Women Daily in 2019, NCRB Data Shows
4 years, 2 months ago

On an Average, India Reported 10 Cases of Rape of Dalit Women Daily in 2019, NCRB Data Shows

News 18  

A string of crimes against women, especially Dalit women in Uttar Pradesh has outraged the country again. In 2019, with 11,829 cases, Uttar Pradesh saw the highest number of cases of crime against Dalits, followed by Rajasthan with 6,794 cases, and 6,544 cases in Bihar. Rajasthan, as per the Bureau’s 2019 data, ranked number one with 55.6 cases of atrocities …

Stuck in a maze of caste, cops and laws, women's security in Uttar Pradesh has been a farce under successive state govts
4 years, 2 months ago

Stuck in a maze of caste, cops and laws, women's security in Uttar Pradesh has been a farce under successive state govts

Firstpost  

National Crime Record Bureau’s Crime in India 2019 report stated that crimes against women rose by 7.3 percent as compared to 2018. Among the spate of chilling crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh over the last month are the cases involving a 13-year-old girl in Lakhimpur Kheri and a 70-year-old woman in Ballia. The rise in crimes against women is …

Why Hathras happened: Answer lies in NCRB data, crime against women up 7.3%
4 years, 2 months ago

Why Hathras happened: Answer lies in NCRB data, crime against women up 7.3%

India Today  

There is an outrage on social media over the gruesome incident at a village in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. The NCRB data also show Uttar Pradesh recorded the maximum number of cases against Scheduled Castes - 11,829 cases or 25.8 per cent of the cases reported across the country. According to the NCRB data, Uttar Pradesh accounted for …

Delhi accounted for highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi accounted for highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019

Live Mint  

The highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019 were recorded in Delhi, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, a latest government data showed. A total of 409 cases of crimes against foreigners including rape, murder and theft were lodged in 2019, down from 517 in 2018 and 492 the year before, according to the National Crime Records Bureau …

Delhi Accounted for Highest Number of Crimes Against Foreigners in India in 2019: NCRB Data
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Accounted for Highest Number of Crimes Against Foreigners in India in 2019: NCRB Data

News 18  

New Delhi: The highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019 were recorded in Delhi, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, a latest government data showed. A total of 409 cases of crimes against foreigners including rape, murder and theft were lodged in 2019, down from 517 in 2018 and 492 the year before, according to the National Crime …

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