After Patna, Nagpur records high murder rate in India
   Date :15-Oct-2020

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By Dheeraj Fartode :
 
City recorded highest crime rate among metropolitan cities of Maharasthra
 
 
National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) statistics for the year 2019 placed Nagpur on eighth position in crime rate among 19 metropolitan cities of India. With crime rate of 422.5 per lakh population, Nagpur ranks first among metropolitan cities in Maharashtra, followed by Pune with 260.3 and Mumbai with crime rate of 220.9. Shockingly, the rate of murder in Nagpur stood at 3.6 murders per one lakh population, which was the second highest after Patna (4.7). As per the NCRB data, Nagpur stands fourth in violent crimes among 19 metropolitan cities of India.
 
The city also tops the list in Maharashtra. The statistics is a commentary on the law and order situation in the city, where frustration among populace about lack of adequate opportunities to earn livelihood seems to play a major role. As per the data, youth dominate those taking to crime. The crime rate describes the number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies per 1,00,000 population. A crime rate is derived by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population; the result is multiplied by 1,00,000. The NCRB chart shows 25 lakh population of Nagpur, 1.84 crore population of Mumbai and 50.5 lakh population of Pune city. The NCRB’s Crime Statistic reveals that Nagpur recorded 10,555 IPC cases in year 2019, averaging 422.5 crime rate. While Mumbai city recorded 40,684 IPC cases with crime rate of 220.9, Pune recorded 13,147 such cases with crime rate of 260.3.
 
Nagpur recorded 1,361 violent crime cases in year 2019 with 54.4 rate of violent crimes, followed by Mumbai with 5,995 violent crimes with 32.6 crime rate and Pune shows 1,661 cases with 32.9 crime rate. With 136 cases, Nagpur recorded 5.4 crime rate in hit-and-run cases, leaving Mumbai and Pune behind with 0.9 and 0.8 crime rate respectively. This shows irresponsible attitude of road users in Nagpur in which accused drivers are fleeing the spot without helping victims get timely medical treatment. Maharashtra recorded highest number of theft cases in the country. Similarly, Nagpur ranked first in the State in number of theft cases recorded during the year 2019. The city recorded 40.9 crime rate with 1,022 theft cases, followed by Pune with 27.1 (1,367 thefts) and Mumbai with 32.
 
 
8 murders over love affair After Patna (77.9), Delhi (69.4), Jaipur (61.6), Ghaziabad (58.7), Nagpur is ranked fifth in the country based on the rate of violent crime, as revealed by the NCRB data. In another shocker for the Nagpurians, the second capital of Maharashtra ranked second in crime rate of murder cases registered across the country. Patna topped the chart with 96 murder cases recording 4.7 crime rate while Nagpur recorded 90 murder cases in 2019 with 3.6 murder crime rate. Mumbai registered only 0.9 crime rate with 168 murders while Pune recorded 74 murders with 1.5 crime rate.
 
Further analysis of murder cases in Nagpur shows that highest such cases were over property/land disputes, 12 over family disputes, one during petty quarrel, four over money disputes and whopping 58 murders took place over personal vendetta or enmity. The police have failed to solve a murder case registered last year. Love affair was the reason behind eight murder case and a murder took place over illicit relationship in Nagpur. The city recorded highest crime rate in crime against women cases among three metropolitan cities of Maharashtra. A total of 1,144 such cases were registered in Nagpur with 93.6 crime rate, followed by Mumbai with 76.5 crime rate (6,519 cases) and Pune with 58.1 crime rate (1,390 cases).