The latest survey by National Crime Records Bureau reveals a worrying increase in a range of criminal offences even as punishment falters
Graphic by Tanmoy Chakraborty
The annual statistical account of the National Crime Records Bureau, released for the year 2021, is a grim reminder of several socioeconomic developments moving in the wrong direction in India. This was the first year, when India, along with the rest of the world, began to limp back to normalcy after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns in its wake unleashed unprecedented hardship on mankind.