Karnataka saw steady rise in cases of economic offences from 2020: NCRB
Bengaluru, Dec 5: Karnataka saw a steady rise in cases related to economic offences in the last three years, a latest report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said, as the southern state lodged 7,565 FIRs for such offences in 2022.
According to the NCRB's data, Karnataka registered 5,107 cases related to economic offences in 2020 and 6,447 cases in 2021.
An analysis of the data shows that among the 28 states, Rajasthan logged the highest number (27,848) of cases of economic offences last year, followed by Telangana (26,321) and Uttar Pradesh (22,409), while Karnataka was on the ninth spot in the list.
The rate of economic offence cases in Karnataka stood at 11.2 per cent per one lakh population while the rate of filing chargesheets in such cases was at 54.1 per cent.
Of the total number of FIRs related to economic offences in the southern state, the maximum of 7,073 were registered for forgery, cheating and fraud, followed by 461 related to criminal breach of trust and 31 related to counterfeiting, the data showed.
In 2022, a total of 195 cases of economic offences were transferred to another state or agency while it was observed that in 503 FIRs, the cases were solid but there was either insufficient evidence or untraced or no clue.
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Jharkhand: 3 arrested for 'raping' 2 women in Gumla
Gumla (PTI): Three persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women at a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said.
All the three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told PTI.
According to police, one of the women had been called to Gumla Sadar by her boyfriend on Sunday for an outing.
“She arrived at the spot accompanied by a female. The woman’s boyfriend then called a friend, and they took the two women to a secluded place in Sisai police station area in the evening, forcibly made them consume alcohol before raping them,” the officer said.
The accused later called another man to the spot, who also allegedly raped the women, he said.
“The women later reached the Sadar Police Station and lodged a complaint on Sunday night. Police conducted raids and nabbed the three accused on Monday,” he added.
Further investigation is underway.
