Srinagar, 16 September : The Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has recorded a 15% increase in cognisable crimes in 2020 .The Indian National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed that Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh regions) registered 29,314 criminal cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or under the Special and Local Laws (SLL) in 2020.
It was a 15% increase from 2019, when 25,408 crimes were registered. Year 2019 had witnessed a fall of 6% in cases than 2018 with 27,276 such incidences.
The IIOJK has witnessed three years mostly of military and several months of both Military and COVID lockdown with the first in 2019 when its special status under Article 370 was revoked and IIOJK .
The report revealed that the crimes against women witnessed around 11% increase from 3,069 cases in 2019 to 3,414 in 2020. Year 2019 had witnessed a fall of 10% in such crimes in comparison to 2018 when 3,437 cases were registered. The crime rate against women in 2020 was 53 per lakh of the population across the territory.
The report also showed that the state registered 31 stalking cases, 15 incidents of sexual harassment with three cases of sexual harassment at work in 2020.
The murder cases saw an increase of 25% with 149 cases in 2020 as against 119 in 2019.
Suicide cases were also a significant part of the crime statistics, including 472 incidences of attempt to commit suicide in 2020. agencies