Page 13 - Crimes

Crimes against SCs, STs went up in 2020; UP, MP top charts: NCRB data

Crimes against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes continued to rise in 2020, with maximum cases of offences against the communities being registered in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Story in numbers: Crime rate falls, but women still at risk, shows data

As per NCRB data, UP saw a steady decline in robbery, dacoity and murder cases between 2017 and 2019

1340 cases of crime against children by caretakers during 2017-19: Govt

As many as 1,340 cases of crime against children by caretakers and in-charges of juvenile homes were registered in the country between 2017 and 2019

HC takes note of rise in crime rate in Delhi, seeks report on bail orders

HC took note of rising crime rate in the national capital and asked the Delhi government to file a status report on the impact of its orders extending interim bails granted to undertrials and convicts

Joe Biden to talk crime with city, law enforcement leaders nationwide

President Joe Biden will host New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate and other city and law enforcement leaders from around the country to talk about reducing crime

Joe Biden targets law-breaking US gun dealers in anti-crime plan

President Joe Biden announced new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime, declaring the federal government is taking on the bad actors doing bad things to our communities

3 illegal arms factories busted in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, 18 arrested

Days ahead of the panchayat elections, the Ghaziabad police has claimed to have busted three illegal arms manufacturing factories and allegedly seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.

FATF to evaluate India's mechanism to deal with financial crimes this year

The FATF, the global body against money laundering and terror financing, is likely to carry out an evaluation of India's established mechanism to deal with such financial crimes later this year.

Maharashtra water resources dept engineer held for taking Rs 90,000 bribe

An assistant engineer of the Maharashtra Water Resources department was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 90,000 from a farmer, an ACB official said

Nearly 150% surge in anti-Asian hate crimes across major US cities: Report

New York City saw the highest jump, rising from 3 to 28, Boston and Los Angeles followed, with increases from 6 to 14, and 7 to 15 respectively

Crime and reformation

Book review of Gangster on the Run: The True Story of a Reformed Criminal

Police arrest suspect after stabbing rampage in Quebec City kill two

They say a man in his mid-20s has been arrested in connection with the Halloween night attacks and taken to a hospital

No rise in complaints of crimes against children during lockdown: NCPCR

There has been no increase in the number of complaints of crimes against children during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson said.

Nearly 300,000 arrested in South Africa for violating lockdown in Covid era

Minister of Police Bheki Cele announced the quarterly crime statistics on Friday

US lifts Covid-19 travel advisory; urges citizens not to visit India, China

India remains on the Level 4 of the travel advisory along with more than 50 countries, including China

Bihar police seeks help from Mumbai cops in Sushant Singh Rajput case

Mumbai police who are already investigating the alleged suicide by the actor have questioned several people from the film industry

Dawood Ibrahim aide nabbed in Delhi with Brazilian pistol worth Rs 22 lakh

The criminal, out on parole, was arrested by the Delhi Crime Branch from the Chand Bagh area of the national capital

Jungle raj in UP, says Priyanka; Cong to launch e-campaign against crime

She said the state's law and order situation has been demolished due to the nexus of ruling party leaders and government officials with criminals

Killings down, gangsters stay away: Coronavirus gives crime a beating

Part of that decrease, some criminal lawyers say, is that drug dealers have no choice but to wait out the economic slump

White-collar crime: Losses from frauds rise 80% from last year, says survey

The survey pointed that 3,766 cases of fraud were detected in FY19, a 15 per cent spike from a year ago