The crime rate in Odisha has gone up by 14.65% in the year 2022 against the previous year. data shared by the Minister of State (MoS) for Home Tusharkanti Behera in the State Assembly today.
A White Paper issued by the Home Department revealed that 1 lakh 55 thousand 420 criminal cases were registered in 2021 while in 2022 this number increased to 1 lakh 78 thousand 190. Compared to 2021, 27270 more crimes have been committed in 2022. The law and order situation in the state was mostly peaceful.
As many as 1,379 murder complaints were filed last year but only 1301 cases were found to be true, said the white paper adding that the law and order situation in the State was by and large peaceful.
However, out of the total 1,78,190 state crimes committed in 2022, 1,69,735 cases were found to be true, while at the end of the year, charge sheets were filed in 1,18,547 cases.
Behera informed that while there have been 17 deaths in police custody, 14 notorious criminals were apprehended following an exchange of fire during encounters with the police in the last three years.
He told in the reply that police had to resort to firing on 59 occasions to avoid various unpleasant situations in the last three years.
Out of the aforementioned cases of firing by the police, 57 cases were against Naxal activities and in two cases police had to fire twice, he added.
However, compared to 2021, the number of cognizable offences has mounted in the state and the cases of motor vehicle accidents, theft, robbery, dacoits, fraud and riots have also increased. However, the cases of murder and rape have decreased relatively.
In 2022, 263 cases of drug-induced murder, 106 cases of drug-induced suicide, 4859 cases of rape, 70 cases of human trafficking, and 1983 cases of cyber crime were reported. Similarly, 2898 cases of atrocities on scheduled castes, 806 cases of atrocities on tribes have been reported.
