Tag: Ncrb Report 2018

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha shows the way how statistics can be made pliable. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2018 report released today shows rapes in Odisha down by a whopping nearly 53 per cent. The total rape count in Odisha in 2018 stood at 923 vis-a-vis 2,070 in 2017. The NCRB report further counted only 37 […]

Bhubaneswar: The film Chhapaak is seemingly more about how in 2005, a 15-year old Delhi girl Laxmi Agarwal was attacked with acid by a 32-year old youth Nadeem Khan only to avenge for being rejected in his love request, and less about the lead actor Deepika Padukone, often embroiled in controversies. And it was Laxmi’s […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha ranks among top-10 states in prevalence of child marriages, State police could rescue only 22 victims under Prohibition of Child Marriages (PCM) Act in 2018. In contrast, Tamil Nadu, which is among top-10 low child marriage incidence states in country, registered a high of 67 cases. As per NCRB report 2018, […]

Bhubaneswar:  It’s no more Phoolan Devi’s UP or dreaded Gabbar Singh Gujjar or Gabbar Singh’s (on whose life film Sholay has been made) MP, but Odisha and Maharashtra have emerged as the hunting ground for dacoits in country. As per the NCRB report 2018, Odisha with 480 incidences of dacoities finished second after Maharashtra in […]

Bhubaneswar: Dreadful numbers for Children in Odisha. The State saw 7 girl children kidnapped and 5 girls gone missing every day in year 2018. Such alarming numbers tumble out for Odisha in the recently released NCRB report 2018. The 2019 count of missing girl children are also not enthusing. Provisional data for the year shows […]