National Crime Bureau Statistics for Gujarat 2002

National Crime Bureau Statistics for Gujarat 2002

TABLE-14.1

Persons Killed Or Injured Under Police Firing During 2002

(State & UT-Wise )

Sl. No.	State/UT	No. Of Occasions Of Poilce Firing	Civilians		Policemen
			Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
STATES:
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	101	90	20	2	55
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	3	0	5	1	2
3	ASSAM	52	38	43	3	7
4	BIHAR	65	20	9	3	14
5	CHHATTISGARH	19	1	3	1	21
6	GOA	0	0	0	0	0
7	GUJARAT	1250	218	358	0	198
8	HARYANA	7	6	22	0	43
9	HIMACHAL PRADESH	0	0	0	0	0
10	JAMMU & KASHMIR	378	20	66	19	74
11	JHARKHAND	33	8	5	13	25
12	KARNATAKA	12	6	18	0	217
13	KERALA	3	0	37	0	126
14	MADHYA PRADESH	61	53	28	0	80
15	MAHARASHTRA	107	89	43	2	131
16	MANIPUR	1	0	0	0	1
17	MEGHALAYA	13	3	0	0	0
18	MIZORAM	1	0	1	0	0
19	NAGALAND	0	0	0	0	0
20	ORISSA	3	1	10	0	11
21	PUNJAB	2	0	0	4	24
22	RAJASTHAN	26	12	46	1	188
23	SIKKIM	0	0	0	0	0
24	TAMIL NADU	5	1	1	0	12
25	TRIPURA	36	23	39	42	24
26	UTTAR PRADESH	108	69	34	31	90
27	UTTARANCHAL	3	2	0	0	0
28	WEST BENGAL	73	24	51	3	158
	TOTAL (STATES)	2362	684	839	125	1501
UNION TERRITORIES:
29	A & N ISLANDS	0	0	0	0	0
30	CHANDIGARH	0	0	0	0	0
31	D & N HAVELI	0	0	0	0	0
32	DAMAN & DIU	0	0	0	0	0
33	DELHI	2	0	11	0	23
34	LAKSHADWEEP	0	0	0	0	0
35	PONDICHERRY	2	0	0	0	0
	TOTAL (UTs)	4	0	11	0	23
	TOTAL (ALL-INDIA)	2366	684	850	125	1524

ABLE-14.2

Persons Killed Or Injured Under Police Firing During 2002

(Event-Wise)

Sl. No.	Event	No. Of Occasions Of Police Firing	Civilians		Policemen
			Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
1	RIOT CONTROL	1357	252	622	6	1137
2	ANTI-DACOITY OPERATIONS	119	91	43	6	59
3	AGAINST EXTREMISTS AND TERRORISTS	551	175	68	74	112
4	AGAINST OTHERS	339	166	117	39	216
5	TOTAL	2366	684	850	125	1524

Riots   

(Incidence… 68,945           Crime rate… 6.6)

            Incidents of Riots (68,945) registered during the year declined by 34.2 per cent over the decade 1992-2002 (1,04,749), 17.9 per cent decrease over the Quinquennial Average of 1997-2001 and 9.5 percent over the previous year (76,222). The highest number of incidents (8,675) were reported in Bihar, followed by Kerala (8,090). The crime rate was the second highest in Kerala (25.1) against the National average of 6.6.

Arson  

(Incidence… 11,820           Crime rate… 1.1)

            The incidents of Arson during 2002, increased by 2.9 percent over the Quinquennial Average of 1997-2001 and 12.2 percent over 2001. Gujarat reported the highest number of incidents accounting for 16.2 per cent of the total cases at the National level.  The highest crime rate was also registered in Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir (3.7 each) against the National average of 1.1.