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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NCRB data: For every civilian, two cops are injured in lathicharges -Deeptiman Tiwary

NCRB data: For every civilian, two cops are injured in lathicharges -Deeptiman Tiwary

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published Published on Sep 1, 2016   modified Modified on Sep 1, 2016
-The Indian Express

In 2014 too, 557 policemen were injured in lathicharges, compared to 262 civilians.

New Delhi:
WHENEVERPOLICE have lathicharged rioters or protesters, the number of injured has tended to be higher on their side — nearly twice as much, according to the latest crime data by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In 327lathicharges in 2015, 696 police personnel were injured to 298 civilians.

In 2014 too, 557 policemen were injured in lathicharges, compared to 262 civilians.

Thehighest number of police personnel injured in 2015, 411, was reported from Jammu and Kashmir, compared to 24 civilians. In the ongoing protestthis year following the killing of Hizb-ul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, however, more than 5,000 civilians have been injured in the Valley. Injuries to policemen and paramilitary forces have touched 3,000.

Uttar Pradesh is one state where civilian injuries were higher than police injuries in 2015 — 197 to 90.

“Thefigures show that police do exercise restraint and only after crowds turn violent do they use lathicharge or non-lethal weapons to control them. In the ongoing unrest, too, police have suffered a large number ofinjuries and only then charged at the crowds,” a J&K police officersaid.

Fatalities on the side of civilians is generally high in such situations. The year 2015 saw seven civilian deaths in lathichargescompared to none on the police side. In the ongoing unrest in Kashmir too, more than 65 civilians have lost lives compared to one policeman. In 2014, however, two policemen were killed against one civilian.

Policefiring leads to higher casualties. In 2015 there were 156 firing incidents in which 42 civilian were killed while eight policemen died. Injuries were again higher on the police side, 177 as compared to 39 civilians.

Maharashtra (33), Rajasthan (35) and UP (29) have reported the highest number of police firing incidents in 2015, with thehighest civilian casualties (9) in UP.

Riots (political, communal or agrarian) account for the highest number of lathicharges, apart from most casualties and injuries. In 2015, police opened lathicharge 145 times to control rioters. In these incidents, 375 policemen received injuries as against 82 civilians. The highest number of civilian deaths (13) also occurred during control of riots. The highest number of police firing incidents, 30, however, was when police were trying to effect an arrest.



The Indian Express, 1 September, 2016, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/ncrb-data-for-every-civilian-two-cops-are-injured-in-lathicharges-crime-kashmir-unrest-up-3007094/


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