Lok Sabha Question No. 2535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Unidentified Bodies
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2535

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01ST AUGUST, 2017 / SHRAVANA 10, 1939 (SAKA)

UNIDENTIFIED BODIES

2535. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  unidentified  bodies  recovered  in  the  country  during  the  last three years, State-wise;

(b)  the details of the average age group of such unclaimed bodies/unidentified bodies, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has noticed increasing trend of such cases;

(d) if so, whether such cases have been investigated; and

(e) if so, the number of cases investigated during the said period?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (e): State/UT wise unidentified dead bodies recovered and inquest conducted  during  2014-2016  is  at  Annexure.  Data  on  age  group  of  such unclaimed bodies/ unidentified bodies is not available with the National Crime Records  Bureau separately. 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the  seventh  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India  and  therefore,  the  State Governments  are  primarily  responsible  for  prevention,  detection,  registration and investigation of crime.

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State/UT-wise number of unidentified dead bodies recovered & inquest conducted during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016* |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|---------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |   1677 |    603 |    1622 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |      3 |      3 |       7 |
| 3    | Assam             |    499 |    556 |     408 |
| 4    | Bihar             |   1996 |     85 |    1185 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |    269 |    417 |     400 |
| 6    | Goa               |    186 |    304 |     243 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |   1830 |   2416 |    2835 |
| 8    | Haryana           |   1566 |   1145 |    1566 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |    415 |     92 |     207 |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   |    103 |    128 |     110 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |     10 |     34 |     512 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |   2417 |   3533 |    3818 |
| 13   | Kerala            |    226 |    243 |     280 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |    549 |    507 |     827 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |   4860 |   6185 |    6268 |
| 16   | Manipur           |     16 |      5 |      51 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |     62 |    164 |      77 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |      1 |      0 |       5 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      11 |
| 20   | Odisha            |   1335 |   1013 |    1261 |
| 21   | Punjab            |    966 |    928 |    1015 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |   1204 |    549 |     925 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      1 |      0 |       5 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |   2657 |   3739 |    5167 |
| 25   | Telangana         |   1052 |   1773 |    2143 |
| 26   | Tripura           |     23 |     18 |      21 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |   3707 |   3409 |    3663 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |    497 |    508 |     418 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |   3740 |   3086 |    4998 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  31867 |  31443 |   40048 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     |      1 |      0 |       2 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |     82 |     70 |      53 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      3 |      0 |       1 |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        |      8 |     10 |      33 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |   3115 |   3063 |    3008 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |    139 |      6 |     137 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |   3348 |   3149 |    3235 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  35215 |  34592 |   43283 |

Source: Crime in India

Note:  * provisional

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