The Jammu Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that there has been a 15.41 percent increase in the crime registered in 2020.
Releasing the annual edition of the crime gazette, the Director-General of Police, Dilbagh Singh said that a total of 28,936 cases were registered under various sections of the Indian Penal code in Jammu Kashmir during 2020 against 25,072 cases during the year 2019.
As per the gazette, The crime rate for the year 2020 remained at 216.90 per lakh population as against 189.41 for the year 2019.
“The crimes these days are not only varied but also more complicated in nature. So, special focus has to be on crimes of terrorism, cyber and narcotics,” Dilbagh Singh said.
The gazette was released in the Police Headquarters here and Spl DGs, R. R Swain, A.K Choudhary, ADGsP, Shri Mukesh Singh, M. K. Sinha, Danesh Rana, IGP Alok Kumar, AIsG of PHQ, senior officers of Crime Branch, J&K were present on the occasion.