Highest number of murder incidents in Jharkhand, NCRB report
Raipur: In the year 2022, the highest number of incidents of murder due to political reasons in the country have occurred in Jharkhand. This fact has come to light in the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau on Monday. According to the Crime in India-2022 report, 59 murders took place across the country due to political reasons. Maximum 17 murders have taken place in Jharkhand. Surprisingly, according to this report, the least incidents of murder due to political reasons have been recorded in Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Tripura. In these three states, only one case of murder due to political reasons was registered.
After Jharkhand, there have been eight murders each in this category in both the states of Bihar and Odisha. Seven such murders took place in Kerala, four each in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and two in Karnataka. If we look at the record of incidents of murder due to various reasons in the entire country, Jharkhand is at eighth position in this list. A total of 1550 incidents of murder were reported here in 2022. If we look at the reasons for murder in Jharkhand, maximum of 282 murders took place due to personal disputes. Similarly, 228 murders took place due to revenge. A total of 33 incidents of people being declared witches and killing and human sacrifice were reported in the state last year.
According to NCRB data, crimes against children, elderly and women have increased in the state. An increase of 2.67 percent has been registered in crimes against children compared to the year 2021.
In 2022, 1844 cases of dowry harassment were reported. Whereas, in 2021 the number of such cases was 1796. 62 cases of crimes against senior citizens were registered, whereas in the previous year, 32 such cases were recorded. The graph of cyber crime also increased compared to 2021. A total of 967 cases were registered in this category in 2022, whereas a year ago, 953 such cases had reached the police.
