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NEW DELHI: Among all states and Union territories, Delhi recorded the highest number of civilian injuries in 2020 due to police actions.
As many as 65 of the 67 people injured in police operations here last year – an eight-fold rise over 2019 – had faced lathi-charge by cops, according to the latest crime data published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). According to the data, as many as 76 police personnel in Delhi were injured on duty, including 45 while dealing with riotous mobs.
Though the NCRB data does not give details on the timing of the police actions that injured both civilians and men in khaki, it is possible that many of these coincided with the anti-CAA riots witnessed in parts of the national Capital in early 2020. Civilians injured in police operations across Delhi constituted over 29% of the all-India figure of 226. In J&K, a hub of civilian protests in the past, 43 people were injured in police operations last year, just about one-fifth of the 201 hurt in 2019.
The all-India count of police personnel killed on duty during 2020 was 24% higher than in 2019, even though the number of injured personnel fell by the same margin.
Of the total 526 fatal casualties suffered by all uniformed police personnel last year, 372 or 70% were on account of accidents, 59 were caused by Left-wing extremists, 36 by jihadi terrorists, 21 each by riotous mobs and criminals, nine due to border firing and eight by accidents involving self-weapon. Also, 1,506 police personnel were injured last year, of which more than one-third had been attacked by riotous mobs. Another 474 police personnel were injured by criminals, gangsters and dacoits, 311 in accidents, 88 by Maoists, 61 by jihadi terrorists, 20 in accidents due to self-weapon and eight in border firing.
In 2019, 424 police personnel were killed and 1997 injured on duty, including 980 by riotous mobs.
As per NCRB report, civilians killed and injured in police operations went down by 33% and 44% respectively, as compared to 2019. Civilian fatalities fell from 71 in 2019 to 47 in 2020, of which 23 were in J&K alone, and civilians injured in police operations dipped more sharply from 406 to 226.
Civilian fatalities in police operations in J&K too fell to 23 from 33 in 2019. The number of police fatalities in the newly-created UT however rose to 52 in 2020 from 16 in 2019, even though a lesser 137 police personnel were injured as compared to 247 in 2019. Of the 526 police personnel killed in the country, more than 50% were constables and 23%, head-constables. Others killed on duty in 2020 included 52 assistant sub-inspectors, 40 sub-inspector, 5 Inspectors and 6 gazetted officers.
Among the states, Chhattisgarh recorded the highest police casualties last year at 78, possibly on account of the Maoist attack in April in which 22 personnel were killed; followed by Tamil Nadu (60, of which 55 died in accidents); and UP and J&K that lost 52 police personnel each. Most police personnel were injured in Kerala (176), followed by Rajasthan (162), Karnataka (144) and J&K (137).
As many as 65 of the 67 people injured in police operations here last year – an eight-fold rise over 2019 – had faced lathi-charge by cops, according to the latest crime data published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). According to the data, as many as 76 police personnel in Delhi were injured on duty, including 45 while dealing with riotous mobs.
Though the NCRB data does not give details on the timing of the police actions that injured both civilians and men in khaki, it is possible that many of these coincided with the anti-CAA riots witnessed in parts of the national Capital in early 2020. Civilians injured in police operations across Delhi constituted over 29% of the all-India figure of 226. In J&K, a hub of civilian protests in the past, 43 people were injured in police operations last year, just about one-fifth of the 201 hurt in 2019.
The all-India count of police personnel killed on duty during 2020 was 24% higher than in 2019, even though the number of injured personnel fell by the same margin.
Of the total 526 fatal casualties suffered by all uniformed police personnel last year, 372 or 70% were on account of accidents, 59 were caused by Left-wing extremists, 36 by jihadi terrorists, 21 each by riotous mobs and criminals, nine due to border firing and eight by accidents involving self-weapon. Also, 1,506 police personnel were injured last year, of which more than one-third had been attacked by riotous mobs. Another 474 police personnel were injured by criminals, gangsters and dacoits, 311 in accidents, 88 by Maoists, 61 by jihadi terrorists, 20 in accidents due to self-weapon and eight in border firing.
In 2019, 424 police personnel were killed and 1997 injured on duty, including 980 by riotous mobs.
As per NCRB report, civilians killed and injured in police operations went down by 33% and 44% respectively, as compared to 2019. Civilian fatalities fell from 71 in 2019 to 47 in 2020, of which 23 were in J&K alone, and civilians injured in police operations dipped more sharply from 406 to 226.
Civilian fatalities in police operations in J&K too fell to 23 from 33 in 2019. The number of police fatalities in the newly-created UT however rose to 52 in 2020 from 16 in 2019, even though a lesser 137 police personnel were injured as compared to 247 in 2019. Of the 526 police personnel killed in the country, more than 50% were constables and 23%, head-constables. Others killed on duty in 2020 included 52 assistant sub-inspectors, 40 sub-inspector, 5 Inspectors and 6 gazetted officers.
Among the states, Chhattisgarh recorded the highest police casualties last year at 78, possibly on account of the Maoist attack in April in which 22 personnel were killed; followed by Tamil Nadu (60, of which 55 died in accidents); and UP and J&K that lost 52 police personnel each. Most police personnel were injured in Kerala (176), followed by Rajasthan (162), Karnataka (144) and J&K (137).
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