New Delhi: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed the most common motives for murders in India. In its latest report titled ‘Crime in India-2022’, the national agency said that India reported a total of 28,522 murder cases in 2022. It is an average of 78 killings every day or more than 3 every hour.
As per data, the number of murder cases came down from 29,272 in 2021 and 29,193 in 2020. Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of FIRs of murder at 3,491 in 2022 followed by Bihar (2,930), Maharashtra (2,295), Madhya Pradesh (1,978), Rajasthan (1,834), and West Bengal (1,696).
According to the NCRB, Sikkim (9), Nagaland (21), Mizoram (31), Goa (44), and Manipur (47) were the states with the least number of murder cases in 2022.
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Among Union Territories, Delhi reported 509 cases of murder in 2022 followed by Jammu and Kashmir (99), Puducherry (30), Chandigarh (18), Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu (16), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (7), Ladakh (5) and Lakshadweep (0).
95.4% of victims of murder were adults. Of the total victims, 8,125 were female. Men constituted about 70% of victims. 9 third-gender persons were also among the murder victims last year.
‘Disputes’ with 9,962 cases was the motive in the highest number of murder cases in 2022. Maharashtra recorded the highest number of cases of disputes at 1,130, followed by Tamil Nadu (1,045), Bihar (980), Madhya Pradesh (726) and Uttar Pradesh (710).
‘Personal vendetta or enmity’ is in the second position t with as many as 3,761 such cases reported last year. Bihar (804), Madhya Pradesh (364) and Karnataka (353) topped that list.
Dowry, witchcraft, child/human sacrifice, communal/religious, casteism, political reason, class conflict, honour killing, and love affairs were the other motives. Family disputes, illicit relationships, extremism/insurgency, robberies, gang rivalry, property/land disputes, and petty quarrels were also the motives behind the murders in 2022.
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