In a first of its kind, the government today released data on political murders in the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), while quoting National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), said for a period of three years (2017-19), 230 persons became victims of such heinous acts. - File photo
Mukesh Ranjan
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 3
In a first of its kind, the government today released data on political murders in the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), while quoting National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), said for a period of three years (2017-19), 230 persons became victims of such heinous acts.
According to the NCRB data, a copy of which is with The Tribune, the nine UTs, including J&K and Ladakh, did not record even a single murder having motives related to “political reasons”. Replying to a question in the LS, MoS (Home) Nityanand Rai said the NCRB, which started collecting data on cases registered and victims under “Motive of Murder for Political Reasons” has presented that in 2017 in 98 such cases 99 persons died, whereas in 2018 they were 54 and 59, respectively. In 2019, in all 28 states, 61 cases were registered in which 72 persons died.
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