By Dheeraj Fartode Shocking allegations of misconduct have emerged against a police officer in Nagpur City Police. The officer is accused of abusive and degrading behaviour, particularly targeting accused in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Sources claim that the senior officer arrives at the police station and calls the accused into a separate room, where the officer not only hurls abuse at the accused but also spits at their face. Later, the officer allegedly kicks the accused in the private parts. In some incidents, when a couple approached a police station in Nagpur to file a complaint following a domestic dispute, the police sent a proposal for preventive action to the officer. However, instead of handling the matter professionally, the officer allegedly made the man sit down, then kicked him in the private parts and leave him in pain and humiliation. The behaviour of the high ranked official have raised questions about the professionalism of law enforcemen...
POVERTY is the major reason for suicides in India as two-third of people who ended their lives in 2018 belonged to the poorest sections of the society with annual income of less than Rs One lakh.
The statistics provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) indicate growing suicide tendencies among the poor people. A total of 66.2 per cent (88,986 out of 1,34,516 victims) of suicide victims in year 2018 were having annual income of less than Rs one lakh. Similarly, 29.1 per cent (39080 out of 1,34,516 victims) of suicide victims belong to annual income group of Rs one lakh and above to less than Rs five lakh.
Education also played important role in suicide cases as the maximum numbers of suicide victims - 23.6 per cent - (31,757 out of 1,34,516 victims) were educated up to Matriculation/Secondary level.
Middle level educated victims accounted 19.5 per cent (26,252 out of 1,34,516) suicides; Primary educated persons accounted for 17.1 per cent (23,048 out of 1,34,516) suicides, Higher Secondary/Intermediate/Pre-University educated persons accounted 16.4 per cent (22,076 out of 1,34,516) suicides while illiterate persons accounted for 12.7 per cent (17,026 out of 1,34,516) suicides in India during year 2018.
Suicidal tendency is low among the highly educated persons as only 3.3 per cent (4,437 out of 1,34,516) of total suicide victims were graduates and above during 2018.
Out of 31,757 suicides committed by persons educated up-to matriculation/secondary level, 17.2 per cent were reported in Maharashtra followed by Kerala (10.4 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (10.1 per cent).
Out of 26,252 suicides committed by persons educated up-to middle level, 14.5 per cent were reported in Maharashtra followed by Tamil Nadu (11.6 per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (10.0 per cent). Out of 17,026 suicides committed by illiterate persons 15.5 per cent were reported in Telangana followed by Madhya Pradesh (12.3 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (11.1 per cent).
Married men prone to suicide than women
Married men are twice as likely to commit suicide than married women as suicidal tendency among former is 57 per cent more than the women. A total of 64,791 married men ended their lives for various reasons while 27,742 married women committed suicides in 2018.
It is observed that 68.8 per cent (92,533 out of 1,34,516) of the suicide victims were married while 22.7 per cent were unmarried (30,503). Widowed/Widower, divorcees and separated have accounted for 1.7 per cent (2,329 victims), 0.7 per cent (943 victims) and 0.6 per cent (849 victims) of total suicide victims respectively during 2018.
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