NCRB report: Bihar tops in ATM fraud, attacks on cops

PATNA: Bihar was at the top in ATM fraud, property dispute and attacks on police categories in the ‘Crime in India-2020’ report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Wednesday.
Bihar recorded 642 ATM fraud cases, 4,838 cases of land and property disputes and 77 cases of attack on police personnel and government officials last year.
Bihar also held a top position in rioting and communal/religious riots with 9,422 and 117 cases, respectively.As many as 1,286 riots related to agrarian, 234 money dispute and 42 student-related riots were recorded last year.
The state witnessed 2,619 cases of crimes against women and stood second after Uttar Pradesh (UP) with 3,077 cases in this category.
There was, however, a slight decline of 4.3% in criminal cases in the state under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or under the Special and Local Laws (SLL) in 2020, when 2,57,512 crimes were registered against 2,69,109 in 2019. However, the murder cases saw an increase of 0.4% with 3,150 incidents reported in 2020 against 3,138 in 2019. Bihar was second after UP in murder cases.
In other criminal offences, around 95 cases of culpable homicide not amounting to murder were registered in 2020, 7,215 victims died due to negligence, 7,177 died due to negligence related to road accidents and 1,385 died hit and run incidents. With the Covid-19 pandemic hitting and subsequent lockdown in 2020, Bihar registered second-highest number of dowry-related deaths with 1,046 cases.
Bihar was also second in attempt to murder cases with 11,784 incidents reported last year. West Bengal topped with 12,725 cases in this category. There were 47 cases of abetment to suicide, 1,367 cases of culpable homicide and 98,502 hurt cases in Bihar.
In kidnapping and abduction, Bihar was among top four states in the country with 7,889 such cases reported last year. The number of rape incidents increased to 806 in 2020 from 730 in 2019.