-Hindustan Times MoS home affairs Nityanand Rai said 857 communal or religious riot cases were registered in 2020, 438 in 2019, 512 in 2018, 723 in 2017 and 869 in 2016 NEW DELHI: The central government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that India Witnessed 3,399 cases of communal or religious rioting during the period 2016-2020. MoS home affairs Nityanand Rai made the disclosure in response to a question posed by Congress MP Shashi...
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India Witnessed 3,399 Cases of Communal or Religious Rioting Between 2016 and 2020
-TheWire.in MoS Home reply in Lok Sabha reveals that there were a total of over 2.76 lakh cases of rioting across the country during this five-year period. New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that there were as many as 3,399 cases of communal or religious rioting in the country in the five year period from 2016 to 2020. Overall, it said there were...
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