Published: Sunday, Jan 30, 2011, 2:54 IST
By Harish Gupta | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maharashtra-not-up-leads-country-in-crime-ncrb_1500707
If you thought Uttar Pradesh is the most criminal state of India, you may be in for a surprise. Whether it is robbery, dacoity, burglary, riots, arson and theft of vehicles, Maharashtra tops the chart, according to the statistics for 2009 released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Even residential premises are most unsafe in Maharashtra compared to other states.
However, there is one consolation — it does not top the chart in rapes and murders — the dubious distinction for the former goes to Madhya Pradesh, to UP for the latter. That said, Maharashtra had the highest number of unidentified dead bodies (6,895) in 2009, followed by West Bengal (4,017) and UP (3,297).
There is another race Mumbai would be happy to lose to Delhi — that of incidence of rapes and kidnappings. If 444 rape cases were registered in Delhi in 2009, the number was less than half (217) in Mumbai. In kidnapping and abductions, Delhi topped with 2,149 cases while Mumbai reported only 149 cases.
Maharashtra stood at the top in dacoity (780), robbery (3,314), burglaries (15,841) and thefts (50,930) during 2009, while Nitish Kumar’s Bihar was second in dacoity with 654 cases and Mayawati’s UP was way behind with 365 cases. Madhya Pradesh was second in the country in burglaries (10,661), followed by Andhra Pradesh (7,772) and UP (5,260). In thefts, UP was second with 29,226 cases.
Maharashtra also witnessed most incidents of riots and arson (9,135), while the number was 4,517 in UP and 7,044 in West Bengal. It may be a matter of satisfaction that Nagaland was the most peaceful state with just 8 such cases in 2009.
What is most disappointing is the pathetic conviction rate of those arrested and charge-sheeted. NCRB statisticsreveal it is just 9.6% in the state, while Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and UP have very high conviction rate — 62%, 60.7% and 54% respectively. Records reveal that 12.86 lakh cases were pending trial in the state at the end of 2009, the highest in the country, while the number is 4.23 lakh in UP and 6.02 lakh in Madhya Pradesh.
A home ministry official told DNA that the crime situation was the worst during 2009 and a number of steps have been taken by state governments at various levels during the past two years and is bound to improve.
By Harish Gupta | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maharashtra-not-up-leads-country-in-crime-ncrb_1500707
If you thought Uttar Pradesh is the most criminal state of India, you may be in for a surprise. Whether it is robbery, dacoity, burglary, riots, arson and theft of vehicles, Maharashtra tops the chart, according to the statistics for 2009 released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Even residential premises are most unsafe in Maharashtra compared to other states.
However, there is one consolation — it does not top the chart in rapes and murders — the dubious distinction for the former goes to Madhya Pradesh, to UP for the latter. That said, Maharashtra had the highest number of unidentified dead bodies (6,895) in 2009, followed by West Bengal (4,017) and UP (3,297).
There is another race Mumbai would be happy to lose to Delhi — that of incidence of rapes and kidnappings. If 444 rape cases were registered in Delhi in 2009, the number was less than half (217) in Mumbai. In kidnapping and abductions, Delhi topped with 2,149 cases while Mumbai reported only 149 cases.
Maharashtra stood at the top in dacoity (780), robbery (3,314), burglaries (15,841) and thefts (50,930) during 2009, while Nitish Kumar’s Bihar was second in dacoity with 654 cases and Mayawati’s UP was way behind with 365 cases. Madhya Pradesh was second in the country in burglaries (10,661), followed by Andhra Pradesh (7,772) and UP (5,260). In thefts, UP was second with 29,226 cases.
Maharashtra also witnessed most incidents of riots and arson (9,135), while the number was 4,517 in UP and 7,044 in West Bengal. It may be a matter of satisfaction that Nagaland was the most peaceful state with just 8 such cases in 2009.
What is most disappointing is the pathetic conviction rate of those arrested and charge-sheeted. NCRB statisticsreveal it is just 9.6% in the state, while Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and UP have very high conviction rate — 62%, 60.7% and 54% respectively. Records reveal that 12.86 lakh cases were pending trial in the state at the end of 2009, the highest in the country, while the number is 4.23 lakh in UP and 6.02 lakh in Madhya Pradesh.
A home ministry official told DNA that the crime situation was the worst during 2009 and a number of steps have been taken by state governments at various levels during the past two years and is bound to improve.
