At 87%, Bengaluru tops Indian cities in dowry cases, says NCRB report

BENGALURU: The Karnataka superior reported the highest fig of cases successful the state nether the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, with 878 incidents recorded successful National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) ‘Crime successful India 2024’ report.Out of a full of 1,008 dowry-related cases registered crossed the country’s metropolitan cities, astir 87% were from Bengaluru alone.In comparison, Lucknow, which is 2nd connected the list, reported lone 48 cases.

Bengaluru recorded 25 dowry-related deaths successful 2024.While the fig was little than Delhi’s 109, it exceeded those reported successful respective different South Indian cities, including Chennai, Kozhikode, Kochi and Coimbatore, which recorded nary specified deaths during the year.

Hyderabad reported 14 dowry deaths.Among crimes against women recorded nether peculiar and section laws (SLL), Bengaluru topped each metropolitan cities with 1,051 incidents. In presumption of incidents wherever transgression unit was utilized to outrage a woman’s modesty, Bengaluru logged the highest fig of cases astatine 897, followed by Mumbai with 857.Karnataka recorded 2,947 cases of cruelty against wives by husbands oregon in-laws. Uttar Pradesh reported the highest fig of specified cases astatine 21,266, followed by Rajasthan with 10,578 and Maharashtra with 10,538.