New Delhi: Despite the Kovid crisis, communal riots are on the rise in the country. According to the National Crime Records Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs, the number of cases related to religious, communal and communal riots has doubled in 2020 compared to 2019.
The NCRB says that despite the Kovid crisis in the country, 857 cases of communal violence were reported in 2020. In 2019, there were 438 reported cases of communal violence in the country. It will double by 2020. In 2018, there were 512 cases.
The lockdown was announced in the country from March 2020 to May 30, 2020, following the first wave of Kovid. Could not be in public at this time. But in January and February 2020, there were protests and riots in Delhi against the amendment of the Citizenship Act and the Citizenship Register.
In 2020, 736 cases were reported in relation to caste alone. In Uttar Pradesh, there will be 492 cases in 2019 and 656 cases in 2018. In 2020, 167 cases of communalism were reported in Uttar Pradesh. There were 118 cases in 2019 and 209 in 2018, the report said.
In 2020, 71,107 cases were reported in connection with activities that could disrupt law and order in the country. In 2019, it was 63,262. By 2020, the growth in cases will be 12.4 percent. Of these, 2188 cases were reported to have caused serious problems.
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