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West Bengal's dubious distinction: It tops in crime on rail tracks
Updated On: 02 September, 2015 05:55 PM IST | | IANS
<p>As per the recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, West Bengal aced the dubious list of crime in railways, recording 6,347 cases, including murder and rape, to account for a whopping 17.40 per cent of the 36,466 incidents that occurred across the country in 2014</p>
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Kolkata: Far from evoking feelings of romance or nostalgia, train journeys in West Bengal now are replete with morbid tales of blood, gore and wails of the innocent, with the state topping the country in terms of murders, rapes and kidnappings on the railway tracks.
As per recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, West Bengal aced the dubious list of crime in railways, recording 6,347 cases, including murder and rape, to account for a whopping 17.40 percent of the 36,466 incidents that occurred across the country in 2014.
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