NCRB report says atrocities against SCs and STs increased in 2020

Crimes against other vulnerable groups such as senior citizens, children, women and foreigners registered a dip. There was a decline also in cases of dowry deaths, human trafficking, economic offences, miscarriages, counterfeiting, acid attacks and economic offences.

Of the 28 states and nine UTs, 17 registered an increase in cases of atrocities against SCs. They were Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.