-IANS It didn't take long for fake notes of 2,000 rupees to start circulating after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation in November 2016, with one of its stated aims being to kill counterfeit currency, official data show. According to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) latest report released on November 30, a total of 2,272 fake notes of Rs 2,000 denomination were seized in 2016. Since the Rs 2,000 note --...
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Why Crime data do not always add up to the complete picture -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express Low crime rate numbers often don’t mean citizens are safer, and ‘rape capital’ and ‘crime capital’ could both be unfair assessments. In reports such as the one published by the National Crime Records Bureau last week, the quality of data is important, as is its placement in the right context. New Delhi: “It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts...
More »In J-K, 29 people died in lathicharge, 15 in firing, points NCRB data -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express Overall, 2016 saw a far higher number of people (35) dying during lathicharges across the country than in 2015 (7). However, the NCRB data also shows that a large number of policemen were injured during these incidents of lathicharge. Almost twice as many people died of injuries inflicted by non-lethal weapons used by police and paramilitary forces in J&K in 2016 than by bullets, according to the latest...
More »Capturing crime - on the NCRB data for 2016
-The Hindu The increase in crimes against women must prompt better policing and all-round reform The National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016 on two important aspects, violent crime and crime against women, should prompt State governments to make a serious study of the underlying causes. Not all States are equally affected; Uttar Pradesh and Bihar record the maximum number of murders. The national tally on crimes against women, which includes rape,...
More »Top cop: Numbers high due to free, fair registration of crime -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The NCRB data projects the national capital as crime hub when compared to 18 other metropolitan cities, however, Delhi police commissioner Amulya Patnaik feels otherwise. Speaking to TOI, Patnaik said, "We have free and fair registration of crime due to which our numbers look so high. Also, over the past two years, we have facilitated online registration of property and motor vehicles-related crime, which form a...
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