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Maharashtra — 35,497 cases of crimes farmers, cultivators and farm labour- cidal deaths, accounting for only 3.6 per
against women — and West Bengal — ers. “West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Utta- cent of the total suicides in the country in
30,394 cases. rakhand, Meghalaya, Goa, Chandigarh, 2018. Delhi, which is the most-populous
Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and UT, has reported the highest number of
he national conviction rate in Puducherry reported zero suicides of suicides (2,526) among UTs, followed by
rape cases was 27.2 per cent even farmers/cultivators as well as agricul- Puducherry (500).
T though the rate of filing charge tural labourers,” the NCRB report said.
sheets was 85.3 per cent. Cruelty by However, the data of 2017 was not made DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
husband or his relatives (31.9 per cent), public by the NCRB. According to the Domestic violence against women fig-
and assault with intent to outrage mod- report, a vast majority of farmers who ures as the top category of violence
esty (27.6 per cent) constituted the ma- committed suicide were men. “A total of against women in 2018, according to data
jor share of crimes against women, the 10,349 persons involved in farming sec- from the ‘Crimes in India — 2018’ report
report described. This data assume sig- tor (consisting of 5,763 farmers/cultiva- compiled by the NCRB.‘Disputes’ (9,623
nificance in the backdrop of a number of tors and 4,586 agricultural labourers) cases) were the motive in highest num-
gruesome cases of murder and alleged have committed suicides during 2018, ac- ber of murder cases during the year fol-
rape across India that agitated the con- counting for 7.7 per cent of total suicides lowed by ‘personal vendetta or enmity’
science of the nation triggering media in the country,” the report said. (3,875 cases) and ‘gain’ (2,995 cases), the
debates and people’s protests. Overall, a total of 1,34,516 suicides data stated.
In November, four men allegedly were reported in the country in 2018, Kidnapping and abduction cases
raped and murdered a woman in Hy- showed a jump of 10.3 per cent in 2018
derabad. They burnt her body and es- when 1,05,734 FIRs were registered. In
caped the scene. Hyderabad Police An average of 80 murders, 2017, 95,893 such cases were registered,
caught the accused in full public view 289 kidnappings and 91 while the number stood at 88,008 in
but latter all of them were shot dead by 2016, the NCRB said. A total of 1,05,536
police in its custody under controver- rapes were reported every (24,665 male and 80,871 female) persons
sial circumstances in early December. were reported kidnapped or abducted,
Days after the Hyderabad incident, a single day across the out of which 63,356 (15,250 male and
rape complainant in Uttar Pradesh’s Un- country in 2018, according 48,106 female) were children and 42,180
nao district was burnt alive by five men, (9,415 male and 32,765 female) were adult
including two men she had accused of to the latest data by the during 2018, the data showed.During
sexually assaulting her. A state legislator National Crime Records 2018, a total of 92,137 kidnapped or ab-
and former BharatiyaJanata Party leader ducted persons (22,755 male and 69,382
Kuldeep Singh Sengar was also convicted Bureau. A total of 29,017 female) were recovered out of which
for raping a teenager, and sentenced to cases of murder were 91,709 were recovered alive and 428 per-
life recently. sons were dead, the NCRB remarked.
registered last year, it adds The number of cases registered un-
LESS FARMERS SUCIDES der the ‘crime against women’ category
A total of 10,349 farmers committed in 2018 was 3,78,277, up from 3,59,849 in
suicide in 2018, shows NCRB data. The showing an increase of 3.6 per cent in 2017 and 3,38,954 in 2016. The number of
2018 figure is less in comparison to 2016 comparison to 2017 when 1,29,887 people rape cases, as defined in IPC section 376,
when 11,379 farmers committed suicide, ended their lives, the report said. Major- were 33,356 in 2018.In 2017, 32,559 rape
according to the agency which is re- ity of suicides were reported in Maha- cases were registered, while in 2016 the
sponsible for collecting and analysing rashtra (17,972) followed by Tamil Nadu number stood at 38,947, the data stated.
crime data. At least 10,349 people work- (13,896), West Bengal (13,255), Madhya According to the NCRB, though the
ing in the farm sector ended their lives Pradesh (11,775) and Karnataka (11,561), overall crime numbers show an increase
in 2018, accounting for 7.7 per cent of the accounting for 13.4, 10.3, 9.9, 8.8 and 8.6 of 1.3 per cent in registration of cases
total number of suicides in the coun- per cent respectively, it said. “These five over 2017 (50,07,044 cases), crime rate
try which was 1,34,516, according to the states together accounted for 50.9 per per lakh population has come down
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). cent of the total suicides reported in the from 388.6 in 2017 to 383.5 in 2018. The
The 2018 figure is less in comparison to country. The remaining 49.1 per cent sui- NCRB, under the Union Ministry of
2016 when 11,379 farmers committed cides were reported in the remaining 24 Home Affairs, is responsible for collect-
suicide, according to the agency which is states and 7 UTs,” the reportmentioned. ing and analysing crime data as defined
responsible for collecting and analysing Uttar Pradesh, the most populous by the Indian Penal Code and special and
crime data. state with 16.9 per cent share of the local laws in the country.
Many states and union territories country’s population, has reported com-
have reported nil data on suicides by paratively lower percentage share of sui- LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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