Nagaland registered 27 murder cases in 2021; 29272 in India

EM Bureau

Dimapur, Aug. 31 (EMN): India registered 29,272 cases of murder involving 30,132 victims in 2021, showing a marginal increase of 0.3 per cent over 2020 (29,193 cases), according to latest report by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

This translates to an average of 82 people being murdered daily across India in 2021.

The government data provided in NCRB’s ‘Crime in India 2021’ report showed that among the top five states reporting murders were Uttar Pradesh (3,717 cases, 3,825 people), Bihar (2,799 cases, 2,826 people), Maharashtra (2,330 cases, 2,381 people), Madhya Pradesh (2,034 cases, 2075 people) and West Bengal (1,884 cases, 1,919 people).

In the Northeast, Assam recorded highest murders (1192 cases, 1269 people), followed by Tripura (122 cases, 130 people), Meghalaya (80 cases, 83 people), Arunachal Pradesh (49 cases, 54 people), Manipur (46 cases, 52 people), Nagaland (27 cases, 39 people), Mizoram (24 cases, 26 people), and Sikkim (14 cases, 1652 people).

The data for the country showed that ‘Disputes’ (9,765 cases) was the motive in highest number of murder cases during 2021, followed by ‘personal vendetta or enmity’ (3,782 cases) and ‘gain’ (1,692 cases), according to the annual report.

However, the rate of murder (per lakh population) was highest in Jharkhand at 4.1 (1,573 cases, 1,606 people) followed by Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 4 (16 cases, 18 people), the data showed.

Kidnapping and abduction cases spike in Nagaland

Nagaland reported 48 cases of kidnapping and abduction in 2021, a significant increase from 24 cases in 2020, according to the NCRB report.

Among the northeastern states, Assam reported the highest with 7580 cases followed by Tripura with 136 cases, Meghalaya with 123, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur with 85 cases each, Sikkim with 39 and Mizoram with two cases.

As per the NCRB data, more than 11 kidnappings were reported every single hour during the year.

While 1,01,707 cases of kidnapping and abduction involving 1,04,149 victims were registered during 2021, showing an increase of 19.9 per cent over 2020 (84,805 cases), nearly a lakh were “recovered” too, during the year, the data showed.

In terms of kidnapping and abduction, India logged 1,01,707 cases in 2021 which was a rise of 19.9 per cent from 2020.

Of those kidnapped or abducted, 17,605 were male, 86,543 female and one transgender. Of all the victims, 69,014 (10,956 male and 58,058 female) were children and 35,135 (6,649 male, 28,485 female and one transgender) were adult, the report stated.

Also, during 2021, a total of 99,680 kidnapped or abducted people (17,477 male, 82,202 female and one transgender) were recovered, out of which 98,860 people were “recovered alive” and 820 people found dead, it added.

Among the top five states reporting kidnapping and abduction were Uttar Pradesh (14,554 cases, 14,714 people), Bihar (10,198 cases, 2,826 people), Maharashtra (10,502 cases, 10,680 people), Madhya Pradesh (2,034 cases, 2075 people) and West Bengal (1,884 cases, 1,919 people), it showed.

Lakshadweep reported zero kidnapping and abduction cases followed by Mizoram with only two cases in 2021.

The data also showed that Delhi reported 5,527 cases involving 5,888 victims of kidnapping and abduction, at a rate of 26.7 the highest among states and Union Territories in India.

(With inputs from PTI)