Lok Sabha Question No. 2461 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Killing of Police Personnel on Duty
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.** 2461

**TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015/** SHRAVANA 13, **1937 (SAKA)**

**KILLING OF POLICE PERSONNEL ON DUTY**

2461. 	SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether incidents of attacks and killing of Police personnel on duty are on the rise in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such personnel injured/killed, guilty arrested and the action taken against them during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) the steps taken by the Government to have an uniform rehabilitation policy for the family members of such personnel as it varies from the State to State as well as Central Police Organisation; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to stop such cases in future?

ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (d) :	State/UT wise number of police personnel killed and injured on duty during 2012-2014 is enclosed at **Annexure. D** ata on guilty, arrested officer and action taken against such officials is not maintained separately by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). **“Police” being a State subject as per Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, it is for the concerned State/UT Governments to consider** rehabilitation policy for the family members **of such police personnel killed. The Government of India also extends facilities and Financial Assistance to the Next of Kin of families of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) under which Lump sum ex-gratia compensation, family pension/Extra ordinary pension including pensionary benefit and consideration for Compassionate appointment for dependant family members under the relevant rules issued from time to time by the Government. The CAPF family members are extended Scholarships under the Prime Minister’s Scholarships scheme to their wards and also subsidiary units canteen facilities etc.**

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**L.S.US.Q.NO. 2431 FOR 04.08.2015 ANNEXURE**

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| **State/UT wise Police Personnel Killed or Injured on Duty during 2012-2014** |                        |                                                                               |                                                                               |                                                                               |                                                                               |                                                                               |                                                                               |
| SL                                                                            | **State/UT**           | **Police Personnel Killed**                                                   |                                                                               |                                                                               | **Police Personnel Injured**                                                  |                                                                               |                                                                               |
| SL                                                                            |                        | **2012**                                                                      | **2013**                                                                      | **2014#**                                                                     | **2012**                                                                      | **2013**                                                                      | **2014#**                                                                     |
| 1                                                                             | Andhra Pradesh         | 98                                                                            | 94                                                                            | 30                                                                            | 240                                                                           | 278                                                                           | 246                                                                           |
| 2                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 4                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 10                                                                            |
| 3                                                                             | Assam                  | 14                                                                            | 20                                                                            | 12                                                                            | 52                                                                            | 48                                                                            | 40                                                                            |
| 4                                                                             | Bihar                  | 24                                                                            | 44                                                                            | 32                                                                            | 90                                                                            | 18                                                                            | 98                                                                            |
| 5                                                                             | Chhattisgarh           | 144                                                                           | 78                                                                            | 56                                                                            | 136                                                                           | 82                                                                            | 214                                                                           |
| 6                                                                             | Goa                    | 2                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 40                                                                            | 10                                                                            | 2                                                                             |
| 7                                                                             | Gujarat                | 144                                                                           | 64                                                                            | 110                                                                           | 80                                                                            | 58                                                                            | 178                                                                           |
| 8                                                                             | Haryana                | 112                                                                           | 58                                                                            | 92                                                                            | 0                                                                             | 4                                                                             | 244                                                                           |
| 9                                                                             | Himachal Pradesh       | 0                                                                             | 4                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 8                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 10                                                                            |
| 10                                                                            | Jammu & Kashmir        | 32                                                                            | 56                                                                            | 66                                                                            | 452                                                                           | 1268                                                                          | 720                                                                           |
| 11                                                                            | Jharkhand              | 50                                                                            | 44                                                                            | 52                                                                            | 36                                                                            | 40                                                                            | 16                                                                            |
| 12                                                                            | Karnataka              | 36                                                                            | 44                                                                            | 26                                                                            | 408                                                                           | 256                                                                           | 372                                                                           |
| 13                                                                            | Kerala                 | 6                                                                             | 8                                                                             | 6                                                                             | 1652                                                                          | 1810                                                                          | 890                                                                           |
| 14                                                                            | Madhya Pradesh         | 54                                                                            | 36                                                                            | 76                                                                            | 224                                                                           | 174                                                                           | 240                                                                           |
| 15                                                                            | Maharashtra            | 166                                                                           | 214                                                                           | 164                                                                           | 1244                                                                          | 1202                                                                          | 570                                                                           |
| 16                                                                            | Manipur                | 4                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 8                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 6                                                                             |
| 17                                                                            | Meghalaya              | 2                                                                             | 12                                                                            | 8                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 12                                                                            |
| 18                                                                            | Mizoram                | 0                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 8                                                                             |
| 19                                                                            | Nagaland               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 20                                                                            | Odisha                 | 36                                                                            | 26                                                                            | 22                                                                            | 98                                                                            | 72                                                                            | 148                                                                           |
| 21                                                                            | Punjab                 | 144                                                                           | 178                                                                           | 128                                                                           | 26                                                                            | 22                                                                            | 56                                                                            |
| 22                                                                            | Rajasthan              | 102                                                                           | 114                                                                           | 104                                                                           | 572                                                                           | 492                                                                           | 484                                                                           |
| 23                                                                            | Sikkim                 | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 24                                                                            | Tamil Nadu             | 126                                                                           | 108                                                                           | 128                                                                           | 306                                                                           | 468                                                                           | 286                                                                           |
| 25                                                                            | Telangana              | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 50                                                                            | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 100                                                                           |
| 26                                                                            | Tripura                | 0                                                                             | 2                                                                             | 4                                                                             | 6                                                                             | 26                                                                            | 18                                                                            |
| 27                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh          | 220                                                                           | 170                                                                           | 190                                                                           | 50                                                                            | 250                                                                           | 502                                                                           |
| 28                                                                            | Uttarakhand            | 26                                                                            | 20                                                                            | 12                                                                            | 0                                                                             | 4                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 29                                                                            | West Bengal            | 48                                                                            | 44                                                                            | 40                                                                            | 526                                                                           | 522                                                                           | 458                                                                           |
|                                                                               | **TOTAL STATE(S)**     | **1590**                                                                      | **1444**                                                                      | **1426**                                                                      | **6250**                                                                      | **7106**                                                                      | **5928**                                                                      |
| 30                                                                            | A & N Islands          | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 8                                                                             | 8                                                                             | 4                                                                             |
| 31                                                                            | Chandigarh             | 0                                                                             | 6                                                                             | 4                                                                             | 50                                                                            | 86                                                                            | 52                                                                            |
| 32                                                                            | D&N Haveli             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 33                                                                            | Daman & Diu            | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 34                                                                            | Delhi UT               | 48                                                                            | 24                                                                            | 32                                                                            | 412                                                                           | 234                                                                           | 472                                                                           |
| 35                                                                            | Lakshadweep            | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 0                                                                             |
| 36                                                                            | Puducherry             | 4                                                                             | 6                                                                             | 0                                                                             | 30                                                                            | 12                                                                            | 12                                                                            |
|                                                                               | **TOTAL UT(S)**        | **52**                                                                        | **36**                                                                        | **36**                                                                        | **500**                                                                       | **340**                                                                       | **540**                                                                       |
|                                                                               | **TOTAL (ALL INDIA)**  | **1642**                                                                      | **1480**                                                                      | **1462**                                                                      | **6750**                                                                      | **7446**                                                                      | **6468**                                                                      |
| Source: Crime in India                                                        | Source: Crime in India | # Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were carved out from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. | # Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were carved out from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. | # Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were carved out from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. | # Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were carved out from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. | # Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were carved out from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. | # Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were carved out from erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. |

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