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  • Atrocities against SCs and STs increased in 2020: NCRB report

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI:  Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) continued to face persecution in 2020, reveals the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau. Crimes against SCs and STs rose by 9.4% and 9.3%, respectively, compared to 2019.

    Crimes against other vulnerable groups such as senior citizens, children, women and foreigners registered a dip. There was a decline also in cases of dowry deaths, human trafficking, economic offences, miscarriages, counterfeiting, acid attacks and economic offences.

    Of the 28 states and nine UTs, 17 registered an increase in cases of atrocities against SCs.  They were Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,  Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.

    ALSO READ: Fake news, riots push India’s crime rate up by 28 per cent amidst pandemic

    Assam, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand recorded more number of atrocities against STs. Madhya Pradesh had the highest crime rate of 60.8 against SCs, followed by Rajasthan (57.4), Bihar (44.5) and Uttar Pradesh (30.7). Kerala (26.8), Rajasthan (20.3), Telangana (17.4) and Madhya Pradesh (15.7) recorded the highest crime rates against STs. Crime rate is crimes committed against per lakh population of the community in the state.

    UP reported highest number of  atrocities (12,714) against SCs and Madhya Pradesh reported the most number of crimes (2,401) against STs. “The country remained under complete lockdown from March 25 to May 31, during which time movement in public space was very limited. The cases registered under crimes against women, children and senior citizens, theft, burglary, robbery and dacoity have therefore declined,” the NCRB report stated. 

    Speaker proposes lawmakers’ meet to mark 75 yrs of Independence

    New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday suggested to the all India presiding officer of the legislative bodies that a mega conference of MPs and MLAs be organised to commemorate 75 years of independence. He also suggested that conferences of present and former MPs and MLAs above 75 years of age may be organised in the states. Addressing a meeting of presiding officers, Birla informed that the centenary year of Public Accounts Committee will be celebrated on December 4 and 5. He also said that a programme on “role of women and young MPs and MLAs in strengthening democratic institutions” may be organised. “Similarly, conferences of democratic institutions at different levels, including village panchayats and urban bodies, may also be organised,” he said. Birla also said that the credibility of legislatures is linked to the conduct and behaviour of their members.

  • Fake news, riots push India’s crime rate up by 28 per cent amidst pandemic

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI:  Covid-19 norm violations pushed up India’s overall crime rate by 28% last year, even though most major crimes saw a decline, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). What kept the police on their toes in the pandemic year was fake news, offences related to adulteration, riots and offences under environmental laws.

    Cases regarding circulation of false/fake news and rumour mongering doubled compared to 2019. Such cases have been on the rise for a while. In 2018, 280 such cases were registered, the numbers rose to 486 in 2019 and last year, as many as 1,527 cases were registered.

    The last year also recorded a surge in the cases of rioting. More disputes as compared to the previous year were reported last year over conflicts concerning religion, sect, caste, agriculture, money, water and land despite the ongoing pandemic. After 45,985 cases of riots in 2019, last year recorded a total of 51,606 cases of riots including 857 cases concerning religious matters, 2,188 agrarian disputes, 10,652 of property altercations and 736 matters of caste conflict.

    Adulteration cases have been increasing too. Under the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act, 25 cases were registered in 2018 and under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 49 and 175 cases were registered in 2018. The following year saw 49 such cases and 362 cases under PFA and FSAS Act, respectively. Last year, 65 and 625 cases were registered under these two laws — PFA and FSAS.

    Overall crime in the country increased by 28% in 2020 over the non-pandemic year of 2019, according to NCRB, but this rise was mainly attributed to violation of Covid-19 norms and guidelines.  The report lists a total of 66,01,285 cognizable crimes comprising 42,54,356 Indian Penal Code (IPC) violations and 23,46,929 crimes under Special and Local Laws (SLL). It shows an increase of 14,45,127 (28%) in registration of cases from 2019 (51,56,158 cases). 

    “Major increase was seen in cases registered under Section 188 of the IPC (Disobedience to Order Duly Promulgated by Public Servant) from 29,469 cases in 2019 to 6,12,179 cases in 2020 and under ‘Other IPC Crimes’ from 2,52,268 cases in 2019 to 10,62,399 cases in 2020….Effectively therefore, there is a decrease in registration of traditional crime by about two lakh cases,” the report stated.

    Cyber offence cases in India rise by 11.8% 

    New Delhi: India recorded 50,035 cases of cyber crime in 2020, with a 11.8 per cent surge in such offences over the previous year, as 578 incidents of “fake news on social media” were also reported, official data showed on Wednesday. The rate of cyber crime (incidents per lakh population) also increased from 3.3 per cent in 2019 to 3.7 per cent in 2020 in the country. In 2019, the country recorded 44,735 cases of cyber crime, while the figures stood at 27,248 in 2018, the data from corresponding years showed. The year saw 4,047 cases of online banking fraud, 1,093 OTP frauds and 1,194 credit/debit card fraud.