Communal incidents increased in 2017

Why in the news ?

  • According to a government data, as many as 111 people were killed and 2,384 others were injured in 822 communal incidents in 2017, up from 751 such incidents in 2016.

Details

  • The highest number of communal incidents, as many as 195, was reported from Uttar Pradesh where 44 people were killed.

  • Karnataka has seen 100 communal incidents  in which nine were killed while there were 91 incidents of riots in Rajasthan in which 12 people were killed.
  • There were 85 communal incidents in Bihar in which three were killed and 60 incidents of riots in Madhya Pradesh saw nine people killed.
  • Out of 58 incidents in West Bengal,  nine  were killed and Gujarat witnessed 50 riots in which eight were killed.

Source

The Hindu.

Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 7th Feb 2018