India also recorded a 0.7% drop in kidnapping cases in 2019. (Representation)
New Delhi:
India recorded an average of 79 murder cases per day in 2019, according to the latest government data. A total of 28,918 murder cases were recorded in 2019, a marginal drop of 0.3% from 2018 (29,017 cases), according to data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The “dispute” (9,516 cases) was the motive for the largest number of murder cases, followed by “personal vendetta or hostility” (3,833 cases) and “gain (2,573 cases)”, he said. it shows.
The country also recorded a 0.7% drop in kidnapping cases in 2019. A total of 1,057,337 such cases with 1,08025 victims were recorded in 2019, compared to 1,05734 cases in 2018, according to the reports. data.
Of the total abduction victims, 23,104 were men and 84,921 were women in 2019. Of the total, 71,264 (15,894 men and 55,370 women) were children and 36,761 (7,210 men and 29,551 females) were adults, according to the data.
In 2019, a total of 96,295 abductees (22,794 men and 73,501 women) were found, of which 95,551 were rescued alive, he said.
In 2019, 2,260 cases of human trafficking were also recorded against 2,278 cases in 2018, a decrease of 0.8%. A total of 6,616 victims were reportedly trafficked, including 2,914 children and 3,702 adults, according to the data.
Apart from that, 6,571 victims were saved from the clutches of the traffickers. A total of 5,128 people have been arrested in 2,260 trafficking cases, the NCRB said.
The NCRB, which reports to the Union’s Home Office, is responsible for collecting and analyzing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code and the country’s special and local laws.
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