Delhi reported maximum rape cases, murders among metros in 2020: NCRB data

Delhi accounted for nearly 40 per cent of all rape cases and almost 25 per cent murder cases among 19 metropolitan cities in India in 2020 according to latest government dataAltogether 1849 murder cases and 2533 rape cases were reported across the country in 2020 a year that witnessed Covid19 outbreak and lockdowns the National Crime Records Bureau NCRB data showedThe NCRB which functions under the Union home ministry classified 19 cities with over 20 lakh population as metropolitans Ahmedabad Bengaluru Chennai Coimbatore Delhi Ghaziabad Hyderabad Indore Jaipur Kanpur Kochi Kolkata Kozhikode Lucknow Mumbai Nagpur Patna Pune and SuratDelhi logged the maximum 461 24 per cent of 1849 murder cases in 2020 followed by Bengaluru 179 Chennai 15 Mumbai 148 and Surat 116 while Kolkata reported 53 according to the dataA total of 1849 cases of murder were registered during 2020 showing a decrease of 83 per cent over 2019 2017 cases The crime rate registered also show a decrease of 18 in 2019 to 16 in 2020 the NCRB statedAlso ReadDelhi Police file charge sheet against 4 for alleged rape murder of 9yearoldAnother 192 cases of culpable homicide not amounting to murder were registered across the metropolitans with Delhi alone accounting for 57 of these cases followed by Lucknow 28 and Bengaluru 10 it showedDuring 2020 India reported a total of 2533 cases of rape across the metropolitan cities with Delhi accounting for the maximum 967 38 per cent cases followed by 409 in Jaipur 16 per cent 322 in Mumbai 12 per cent the NCRB data showedBengaluru reported 108 rape cases Chennai 31 and Kolkata 11 during the yearOf the total rape victims in the 2533 cases 2448 were above the age of 18 years while the remaining were minors according to the NCRB which is responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code and special and local laws in the countryA total of 35331 cases of crime against women were registered during 2020 showing a decrease of 211 per cent over 2019 44783 cases it stated in the annual crime reportMajority of crimes against women were registered under cruelty by husband or his relatives 302 per cent followed by assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty 197 per cent kidnapping and abduction of women 19 per cent and rape 72 per cent it addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever