-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,...
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Sedition in India: Only two of 112 cases registered between 2014 and 2016 resulted in convictions -Abhishek Dey
-Scroll.in ‘The primary reason for the abysmally low conviction rate for sedition cases is that the law is misapplied,’ said senior advocate Sanjay Hegde. The Indian police registered 112 cases of sedition across the country between 2014 and 2016, but only two have led to convictions, according to a report released by the National Crime Records Bureau on Thursday and a government statement in Parliament last year. The National Crime Records Bureau’s annual...
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...
More »Uttar Pradesh tops the list on crimes against women in 2016 -Shaswati Das
-Livemint.com Uttar Pradesh recorded 14.5% of the total cases of crimes against women, it accounted for 12.4% of the total number of rape cases, shows NCRB data New Delhi: Led by Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the incidence of rape registered a sharp increase in India in 2016—part of a general spike in crimes against women, according to annual figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Thursday. Rape cases shot...
More »Child rapes up 82% in 2016, UP records a 400% jump -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Instances of child rape increased by 82% in 2016 in comparison to the previous year. Uttar Pradesh registered a four-fold increase in such offences with the number of child rapes going up from 596 in 2015 to 2,115 last year, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The report, released Thursday, showed that 19,920 children were raped last year in comparison...
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