As per the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB released on August 29, it was revealed that among the eight Northeastern states, Tripura has topped the list of deaths caused due to medical negligence.
The NCRB Report highlights two incidents of deaths due to medical negligence in Tripura.
And meanwhile with a rise in dowry cases, Assam has topped the list of deaths related to dowry issues among the Northeast states and Tripura came second .
In 2021, 198 cases of dowry deaths were registered in Assam. Whereas Tripura followed Assam in dowry deaths cases in the Northeast with 22 deaths registered.
In terms of murder cases, according to the 2021 data Assam registered 1192 cases of murders with 1269 victims, Tripura registered 122 incidents of which 130 people were victims, and Arunachal Pradesh registered 49 incidents with 54 victims. Manipur registered 46, Meghalaya 80, Mizoram 24, Nagaland 27 while Sikkim registered 14. In the attempt to commit murder section, Tripura again came second with 137 incidents in which 169 were victims., A total of 1955 cases of murder were registered during 2021, showing an increase of 5.7 per cent from 2020 (1849 cases) in the country.
The crime rate registered also shows an increase from 1.6 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2021.
