Crime against kids increased in state in 2021
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 30 2022:
Comparing with the year 2020, crime against children increased in the year 2021 in Manipur with the National Crime Record Bureau report mentioning that a total of 143 cases of crime against children were registered in Manipur in 2021.As per the report, Manipur registered a total of 148 cases of crime against children in the year 2019 but the cases declined to 125 in the year 2020 while the crime chart rose in 2021 with 143 cases.
The report also mentioned that crime against children constitutes 13.8 percent of the total crimes happened in Manipur in the year and charge sheets of 77.9 percent of the cases were submitted.
With 19,173 cases registered in the year 2021, Madhya Pradesh has highest rate of crime against children in the country and charge sheets for 61 percent of the cases were submitted.
Among the North East states, Assam registered highest cases of crime against children in the year 2021 with 5282 cases followed by Meghalaya with 481 cases, Tripura with 236 cases, Arunachal Pradesh with 162 cases, Sikkim with 149 cases, Mizoram with 122 cases and Nagaland with 51 cases, the report said.
It also said that Manipur had one murder case under Section 302 of IPC in the year 2021 and 36 cases of kidnapping and abduction.
The state also had 12 cases under Section 363 of IPC and nine cases of child missing.