Lok Sabha Question No. 3929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Kidnapping of Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3929

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018 /PHALGUNA 29, 1939 (SAKA)

KIDNAPPING OF CHILDREN

3929. DR. A. SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  has  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Government  that  a  large number of children in the country, mostly in the metropolitan cities and particularly those who are staying on the roadside and selling things at the traffic signals are being kidnapped;

(b) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard;

(c) whether any steps has been taken for betterment of such children; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR) (a): As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records Bureau  (NCRB),  details  of  State/UT-wise  and  City-wise  cases  registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted  and  persons  convicted  for  kidnapping  &  abduction  of  children during 2014-2016 are given in Annexure-I & II respectively. (b) to (d): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens rest primarily with

the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws. Ministry of Home Affairs has issued Advisories for combating crimes against children. These Advisories are also available on www.mha.gov.in.

Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  advised  all  States/UTs  to  rescue  the  missing children  by  way  of  conducting  sustained  campaigns  throughout  the country. Accordingly, 'Operation Smile' (1st January, 2015 to 31st January, 2015), 'Operation Muskaan' (1st July, 2015 to 31st July, 2015), 'Operation  Smile-II'  (1st  January  to  31st  January,  2016),  'Operation Muskaan-II' (1st July, 2016 to 31st July, 2016) and 'Operation Muskaan-III' (1st July, 2017 to 31st July, 2017) have been conducted in the country.

Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  centrally sponsored  scheme  -  'Child  Protection  Services'  (earlier  referred  to  as Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)) for execution of JJ Act and for the  improvement  in  the  well-being  of  children  in  difficult  circumstances including  children  in  need  of  care  &  protection.  Under  ICPS,  financial assistance  is  provided  to  the  State  Governments/UT  administrations  for, inter-alia, undertaking a situational analysis of children in difficult circumstances, for setting  up  and maintenance of  various  types  of  Child Care Institutions (CCIs) either directly or through NGOs. As a rehabilitative measure  in  these  CCIs,  children  are  provided  education  appropriate  to their  age,  either  within  the  institution,  or  outside  in  a  formal  education system,  through  convergence  with  other  schemes  and  programs  of  the Government and/or Civil Society.

Annexure-I State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases Convicted (CON),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under

Kidnapping & Abduction for Crimes against Children during 2014-2016

|         | PCV    | 2014 CON   | 2014 CON   | 2014 CON   | 2014 CON   | 2014 CON    |         |            |            |        |            |            |         |          |                         |          |         |            |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|---------|------------|------------|--------|------------|------------|---------|----------|-------------------------|----------|---------|------------|
| PCS     | PCV    | CR         | CCS        | CON        | PAR        | PCS         | PCV     | CR         | CCS        | CON    | PAR        | PCS        | PCV     | SL 1     | State/UT Andhra Pradesh | CR 637   | CCS 370 | PAR 5      |
| 718 534 | 5      | 530        | 317        | 7          | 466        | 459         | 14      | 494        | 302        | 8      | 507        | 439        | 15      | 2        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 67       | 27      | 0          |
| 52 38   | 0      | 120        | 39         | 0          | 47         | 48          | 0       | 56         | 22         | 1      | 33         | 28         | 1       | 3        | Assam                   | 455      | 119     | 455        |
| 119     | 6      | 1686       | 377        | 5          | 1658       | 404         | 5       | 2970       | 764        | 7      | 3155       | 852        | 7       | 4        | Bihar                   | 1865     | 1018    | 6 1926     |
| 1370    | 30     | 1536       | 834        | 13         | 1426       | 1126        | 32      | 3257       | 2384       | 26     | 3442       | 2694       | 46      | 5        | Chhattisgarh            | 1845     | 823     | 27 936     |
| 981     | 100    | 1848       | 624        | 156        | 787        | 789         | 179     | 1989       | 769        | 142    | 924        | 926        | 172     | 6        | Goa                     | 134      | 18      | 84 40      |
| 34      | 0      | 102        | 29         | 2          | 29         | 31          | 2       | 88         | 19         | 0      | 31         | 25         | 0       | 7        | Gujarat                 | 2101     | 1290    | 0 1819     |
| 1803    | 23     | 1590       | 880        | 14         | 1142       | 1220        | 16      | 1749       | 975        | 14     | 1256       | 1296       | 17      | 8        | Haryana                 | 1093     | 442     | 17 653     |
| 628     | 54     | 1445       | 427        | 39         | 603        | 531         | 50      | 1282       | 425        | 23     | 758        | 636        | 26      | 9        | Himachal Pradesh        | 213      | 56      | 50 94      |
| 76      | 1      | 232        | 62         | 3          | 83         | 81          | 5       | 230        | 47         | 0      | 94         | 73         | 0       | 10       | Jammu &Kashmir          | 139      | 49      | 1 122      |
| 68      | 0      | 245        | 69         | 1          | 162        | 115         | 1       | 167        | 56         | 1      | 124        | 92         | 1       | 11       | Jharkhand               | 106      | 63      | 0 109      |
| 76      | 12     | 137        | 64         | 8          | 102        | 73          | 11      | 247        | 162        | 21     | 224        | 177        | 21      | 12       | Karnataka               | 1238     | 390     | 9 777      |
| 535     |        | 7 1670     | 363        | 4          | 641        | 510         | 4       | 2144       | 372        | 8      | 717        | 501        | 10      | 13       | Kerala                  | 134      | 138     | 6 164      |
|         | 172    | 0 174      | 139        | 8          | 202        | 164         | 5       | 157        | 146        | 1      | 172        | 167        | 1       | 14       | Madhya Pradesh          | 6344     | 2096    | 0 206      |
| 2534    |        | 262 5270   | 1997       | 155        | 2466       | 2677        | 215     | 6016       | 2201       | 240    | 3208       | 2673       | 309     | 15       | Maharashtra             | 2623     | 940     | 2714 1649  |
|         | 1380   | 17 6966    | 1335       | 32         | 2626       | 1789        | 37      | 7956       | 1558       | 30     | 2154       | 2099       | 36      | 16       | Manipur                 | 69       | 1       | 12 0       |
| 15      | 0      | 52         | 13         | 0          | 25         | 13          | 0       | 62         | 23         | 0      | 35         | 26         | 0       | 17       | Meghalaya               | 54       | 19      | 0          |
| 34 19   |        | 0 66       | 11         | 0          | 19         | 11          | 0       | 76         | 12         | 1      | 44         | 12         | 1       | 18       | Mizoram                 | 2        | 2       |            |
| 2 2     | 0      | 9          | 6          |            | 2          | 8           | 6 2     | 5          | 4          | 3      | 4          | 5          | 3       | 19       | Nagaland                | 7        | 5       | 0          |
| 7 5     | 3      | 40         | 13         | 2          | 23         | 19          | 2       | 47         | 5          | 3      | 31         | 6          | 3       | 20       | Odisha                  | 874      | 279     | 3 3        |
| 424     | 379    | 3 993      | 409        | 2          | 506        | 490         | 2       | 1154       | 562        | 3      | 604        | 604        | 4       | 21       | Punjab                  | 876      | 251     | 39         |
| 662 436 | 48     | 943        | 369        | 87         | 674        | 473         | 101     | 1031       | 297        | 33     | 731        | 435        | 42      | 22       | Rajasthan               | 1875     | 693     | 99         |
| 902 885 | 137    | 1728       | 628        | 59         | 781        | 809         | 76      | 1891       | 690        | 78     | 855        | 859        | 97      | 23       | Sikkim                  | 17       | 7       | 1          |
| 6 4     | 0      | 2          | 2          | 0          | 2          | 2           | 0       | 11         | 2          | 0      | 8          | 2          | 0       | 24       | Tamil Nadu              | 390      | 179     | 437        |
| 395     | 63     | 407        | 187        | 10         |            | 394         | 334 17  | 373        | 152        | 28     | 224        | 189        | 37      | 25       | Telangana               | 660      | 308     | 39 784     |
| 635     | 10     | 650        | 380        | 10         | 433        | 497         | 11      | 759        | 330        | 17     | 612        | 436        | 20      | 26       | Tripura                 | 88       | 34      | 10 1       |
| 74 51   | 3      | 106        | 56         | 4          | 54         | 56          | 4       | 100        | 61         | 4      | 93         | 78         | 4       | 27       | Uttar Pradesh           | 5875     | 3955    | 11537      |
| 7508    | 1500   | 5914       | 3488       | 994        | 11680      | 6887        | 1682    | 9657       | 4214       | 613    | 14908      | 8113       | 1253    | 28       | Uttarakhand             | 275      | 107     | 749 118    |
|         | 121    | 17 446     | 59         | 41         |            | 104         | 99 48   | 436        | 96         | 8      | 110        | 113        | 8       | 29       | West Bengal             | 3205     | 2070    | 16 4 3337  |
| 2172    | 4 2305 | 2955       | 2654 15831 | 11 1669    | 2769 29912 | 2850 22563  | 15 2536 | 4178 48582 | 2659 19309 | 8 1321 | 3493 38551 | 3050 26606 | 12 2146 | TOTAL 30 | STATE(S) A & N Islands  | 33261 12 | 15749   | 1387 30567 |
|         | 22960  | 37862 28   |            |            |            | 9           | 8 0     |            |            |        |            | 9          |         |          |                         |          | 6       | 0          |
| 8       | 7      | 0          | 7          | 0          |            |             |         | 25         | 7          | 0      | 19         |            | 0       | 31       | Chandigarh              | 130      | 47      | 48         |
|         | 55 7   | 171        | 25         | 8          | 43         | 38          | 9       | 145        | 25         | 12     | 22         | 31         | 17      | 32       | D&N Haveli              | 8        | 3       | 7 3        |
| 3       | 0      | 14         | 4          | 0          | 7          | 5           | 0       | 10         | 3          | 0      | 1          | 3          | 0       | 33       | Daman &Diu              | 4        | 2       | 0          |
| 2       | 0      | 21         | 0          | 0          | 2          | 2           | 0       | 20         | 2          | 0      | 1          | 1          | 0       | 34       | Delhi                   |          |         | 0 73       |
| 2       |        | 6881       | 533        | 51         |            |             | 67      | 5935       | 415        | 48     | 494        | 544        | 50      | 35       | UT                      | 6452     | 586 0   | 492        |
| 0       | 612 0  | 78 0       | 0          |            | 0          | 558 0       | 569 0   | 0 0        |            | 0      | 0          | 0 0        | 0       | 36       | Lakshadweep Puducherry  | 0 9      | 5       | 0 0        |
| 5 5     | 0      | 5          | 0 3        | 0          | 7          | 6           | 0       |            | 6          | 3 0    | 2          | 3          | 0       |          | TOTAL UT(S)             | 6615     | 649     | 80         |
| 558     | 684    | 85 7120    |            | 572        | 59         | 626         | 628 76  | 6141       | 455        |        | 60         | 539 591    | 67      |          | TOTAL (ALL              |          |         | 1467       |
|         | 23644  |            |            | 16403      | 1728       | 30538 23191 |         | 54723      |            | 1381   | 39090      | 27197      | 2213    |          | INDIA)                  | 39876    | 16398   | 31125      |
|         | 2390   | 0          | 44982      |            | 2015       |             | 2612    |            | 19764      |        | 2016       |            |         |          |                         |          |         |            |

Source: Crime in India

|                                                     |         | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |     |         |        |     |       |           |      | 2016    | 2016   | 2016   | 2016    | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|---------|--------|-----|-------|-----------|------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL Cities                                           | CR      | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV | CR      | CCS    | CON | PAR   | PCS       | PCV  | CR      | CCS    | CON    | PAR     | PCS    |        |        | PCV    |        |
| 1 Agra (Uttar Pradesh)                              | 67      | 52     | 19     | 143    | 138    | 41  | 164     | 67     | 15  | 189   | 82        | 22   | 149     | 51     | 11     | 179     | 153    | 27     | 27     | 27     | 27     |
| 2 Ahmedabad (Gujarat)                               | 276     | 152    | 5      | 187    | 177    | 10  | 294     | 147    | 0   | 195   | 199       | 0    | 241     | 157    | 2      | 144     | 174    | 2      | 2      | 2      | 2      |
| 3 Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)                         | 44      | 20     | 3      | 44     | 28     | 6   | 20      | 7      | 11  | 8     | 9         | 29   | 37      | 22     | 0      | 52      | 24     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4 Amritsar (Punjab)                                 | 55      | 34     | 5      | 40     | 30     | 5   | 74      | 14     | 12  | 38    | 23        | 12   | 71      | 9      | 4      | 17      | 10     | 4      | 4      | 4      | 4      |
| 5 Asansol (Assam)                                   | 3       | 2      | 0      | 5      | 5      | 0   | 75      | 36     | 0   | 74    | 39        | 0    | 65      | 38     | 0      | 138     | 42     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6 Aurangabad (Maharashtra)                          | 50      | 17     | 0      | 33     | 30     | 0   | 140     | 15     | 0   | 28    | 30        | 0    | 174     | 19     | 0      | 26      | 23     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7 Bengaluru (Karnataka)                             | 614     | 129    | 2      | 235    | 208    | 2   | 665     | 106    | 1   | 157   | 147       | 1    | 871     | 96     | 1      | 190     | 161    | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 8 Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)                           | 192     | 80     | 0      | 88     | 88     | 0   | 391     | 71     | 3   | 87    | 87        | 3    | 436     | 129    | 41     | 140     | 140    | 48     | 48     | 48     | 48     |
| 9 Chandigarh City                                   | 114     | 42     | 6      | 45     | 44     | 6   | 152     | 23     | 6   | 38    | 35        | 8    | 138     | 23     | 11     | 21      | 28     | 13     | 13     | 13     | 13     |
| 10 Chennai (Tamil Nadu)                             | 19      | 21     | 14     | 21     | 24     | 14  | 13      | 14     | 0   | 22    | 15        | 0    | 16      | 23     | 1      | 16      | 30     | 2      | 2      | 2      | 2      |
| 11 Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)                          | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 0   | 2       | 1      | 0   | 2     | 2         | 0    | 3       | 4      | 1      | 1       | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 12 Delhi                                            | 5573    | 556    | 57     | 428    | 559    | 62  | 5885    | 447    | 49  | 477   | 492       | 65   | 5457    | 403    | 48     | 475     | 509    | 50     | 50     | 50     | 50     |
| 13 Dhanbad (Jharkhand)                              | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0       | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0         | 0    | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 14 Durg-Bhilainagar(Chhattisgarh)                   | 205     | 70     | 3      | 68     | 71     | 3   | 179     | 54     | 14  | 124   | 114       | 14   | 187     | 61     | 17     | 80      | 63     | 17     | 17     | 17     | 17     |
| 15 Faridabad (Haryana)                              | 4       | 4      | 0      | 4      | 4      | 0   | 166     | 47     | 0   | 53    | 53        | 0    | 228     | 81     | 0      | 149     | 86     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 16 Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)                        | 99      | 69     | 25     | 114    | 75     | 32  | 92      | 46     | 13  | 145   | 131       | 35   | 92      | 17     | 7      | 90      | 17     | 7      | 7      | 7      | 7      |
| 17 Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)                         | 173     | 40     | 0      | 42     | 42     | 0   | 159     | 44     | 1   | 79    | 79        | 2    | 186     | 40     | 0      | 78      | 78     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18 Hyderabad (Telangana)                            | 288     | 36     | 0      | 56     | 56     | 0   | 288     | 81     | 0   | 42    | 30        | 0    | 243     | 72     | 1      | 54      | 72     | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 19 Indore (Madhya Pradesh)                          | 390     | 95     | 8      | 110    | 110    | 8   | 245     | 53     | 11  | 73    | 72        | 21   | 371     | 50     | 13     | 102     | 95     | 25     | 25     | 25     | 25     |
| 20 Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) 21 Jaipur (Rajasthan)  | 242 442 | 70 99  | 2 1    | 81 106 | 81     | 2 1 | 353 436 | 121 93 | 1   | 0 106 | 88 88 106 | 0 1  | 299 430 | 60 112 | 4 2    | 130 127 | 127    | 130 2  | 130 2  | 4      | 130 2  |
| 22 Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)                           | 35      | 15     | 1      | 19     | 106    | 2   | 52      | 25     | 4   | 45    | 33        | 6 4  | 25      | 39     | 12     | 34 20   | 20     | 39 12  | 39 12  | 39 12  | 39 12  |
| 23 Jodhpur (Rajasthan)                              | 53      | 26     | 1      | 41     | 18 41  | 1   | 94      | 40     | 4   | 50    | 50        |      | 40      | 13     | 1      |         |        | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 24 Kannur (Kerala)                                  | 3       | 6      | 0      | 6      | 9      | 0   | 5       | 4      | 0   | 3     | 6         | 0    | 3       | 1      | 0      | 5       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25 Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)                           | 59      | 27     | 2      | 169    | 80     | 5   | 114     | 35     | 2   | 210   | 115       | 4    | 97      | 29     | 3      | 56 5    | 38     | 16     | 16     | 16     | 16     |
| 26 Kochi (Kerala) 27 Kolkata (West Bengal)          | 1       | 1 60   | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0 2 | 7 218   | 212    | 7 0 | 0 242 | 9 9       | 0    | 5       | 4      | 0 0    | 356 6   | 4 41   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 28 Kollam (Kerala)                                  | 221 6   | 5      | 2 0    | 280    | 68     | 0   |         |        |     | 7     | 220       | 0    | 161     | 39     | 1      | 23      | 7      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
|                                                     | 32      | 5      | 0      | 2 5    | 5 5    |     | 7 180   | 7 10   | 0 0 | 13    | 7 13      | 0 0  | 5       | 7      | 0      |         | 23     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29 Kota (Rajasthan) 30 Kozhikode (Kerala)           | 1       | 2      | 0      | 1      | 5      | 0 0 | 9       | 3      | 0   | 13    | 3         | 0    | 146     | 20 10  | 0      | 11 225  | 13     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31 Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)                          | 104     | 28     | 7      | 63     | 79     | 7   | 31      | 17     | 22  | 32    | 32        | 22   |         | 8 844  | 64 8   |         | 64     | 8      | 8      | 8      | 8      |
| 32 Ludhiana (Punjab)                                | 57      | 10     | 3      | 67     | 49     | 6   | 211     | 95     | 38  | 122   | 95        | 40   | 125     | 61     | 3      | 138     | 62     | 4      | 4      | 4      | 4      |
| 33 Madurai (Tamil Nadu)                             | 10      | 7      | 0      | 14     | 7      | 0   | 7       | 4      | 0   | 4     | 4         | 0    | 11      | 12     | 1      | 16      | 12     | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 34 Malappuram (Kerala)                              | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 2       | 1      | 0   | 2     | 1         | 0    | 0       | 1      | 0      | 0       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 35 Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)                           | 60      | 46     | 9      | 105    | 82     | 18  | 41      | 26     | 12  | 41    | 30        | 12   | 59      | 32     | 0      | 63      |        | 37 0   | 37 0   | 37 0   | 37 0   |
| 36 Mumbai (Maharashtra)                             | 466     | 130    | 2      | 194    | 162    | 3   | 1520    | 151    | 12  | 226   | 209       | 12   | 1864    | 219    | 13     | 238     | 261    | 15     | 15     | 15     | 15     |
| 37 Nagpur (Maharashtra)                             | 131     | 47     | 0      | 79     | 65     | 0   | 326     | 52     | 0   | 59    | 54        | 0    | 464     | 73     | 1      | 89 79   | 35     | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 38 Nasik (Maharashtra)                              | 37      | 8      | 0      | 24     | 17     | 0   | 156     | 13     | 0   | 28    | 28        | 0 1  | 172     | 27 332 | 0 7    | 34 280  |        | 7      | 7      | 7      | 7      |
| 39 Patna (Bihar)                                    | 147     | 25     | 2      | 147    | 25     | 2   | 190     | 46     | 1   | 170   | 124       |      | 376     |        |        |         | 332    |        |        |        |        |
| 40 Pune (Maharashtra)                               | 131     | 48     | 1 4    | 130    | 82     | 1   | 635     | 83     | 1   | 137   | 97 34     | 1 7  | 747     | 92     | 1      | 100     | 124    | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 41 Raipur (Chhattisgarh)                            | 157     | 45     | 0      | 42     | 45     | 4 0 | 207     | 27     | 6   | 35    | 38        | 0    | 214 58  | 46 13  | 9 0    | 51 13   | 52 14  | 12     | 12     | 12     | 12     |
| 42 Rajkot (Gujarat)                                 | 76      | 43     |        | 50 0   | 52     |     | 70 4    | 37     | 0   | 44    | 0         | 0    | 9       | 9      |        |         |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 43 Ranchi (Jharkhand) 44 Srinagar (Jammu &Kashmir)  | 0       | 0      | 0 0    |        | 0 18   | 0 0 | 57      | 0 15   | 0 0 | 4 15  | 15        | 0    | 25      | 12     | 0      | 0       | 9 12   | 9 12   |        | 0 0    |        |
| 45 Surat (Gujarat)                                  | 37      | 18     | 2      | 18     |        |     | 228     | 41     | 1   | 46    | 46        |      | 221     |        | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|                                                     | 240     | 67     |        | 85 12  | 75 10  | 2 0 | 13      | 14     | 0   | 15    | 9         | 1 0  | 8       | 7      | 67     | 65      | 70     | 0 9 0  | 0 9 0  | 0 9 0  | 0 9 0  |
| 46 Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)                      | 13      | 11 1   | 0 0    |        |        |     | 6       |        | 0   | 7     | 2         | 0    |         | 4      | 0 0    | 11 6    |        |        |        |        |        |
| 47 Thrissur (Kerala) 48 Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu) | 2 2     | 4      | 0      | 2 0    | 2 9    | 0 0 |         | 4      | 2 0 | 5     | 0 23      | 0    |         | 2 1    | 1      | 0       |        | 8 1    | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    |
|                                                     |         |        |        |        |        |     | 68      |        | 23  | 0     |           |      | 91      |        |        |         | 1 51   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 49 Vadodara (Gujarat) 50 Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)   | 77 42   | 60     | 0 0    | 63 47  | 63     | 0   | 65      | 33     | 0   | 0     | 24 104    | 0 0  | 107     | 59     | 50     | 0 9     | 52 117 | 12     | 12     | 12     | 12     |
| 51 Vasai Virar (Maharashtra)                        | 53      | 52 18  |        | 22     | 73     | 0   | 294     |        |     | 15    | 39 20     | 0    |         | 353    | 27     | 123 21  | 36     |        | 0      |        |        |
| 52 Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)                      | 18      | 19     | 0 0    | 68     | 18 62  | 0 0 | 24      | 24     | 0 2 | 33 27 | 41        | 2 26 | 17      | 0 3    | 33     | 25 7    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 53 Vishakhapatnam(Andhra Pradesh)                   | 66      | 23     | 1      | 58     | 21     | 1   | 126     | 46     |     | 0     | 72 58     | 0    | 57      | 18     | 0      | 39      |        | 18     |        |        |        |

Source: Crime in India