Most murders reported in K'taka due to personal enmity or jealousy: NCRB

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Karnataka witnessed a total of 1,404 reported murder cases in 2022, as revealed by the recent report from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The majority of these incidents were attributed to personal enmity or jealousy.

Comparatively, in 2021, there were 1,357 recorded murders in the state. Among the 28 states, Uttar Pradesh reported the highest murder cases, totalling 3,491, followed by Bihar and Maharashtra with 2,930 and 2,295 cases, respectively.

The murder rate in Karnataka stands at 2.1 per one lakh population, and charge sheets have been submitted in approximately 90.2% of the cases, as per the reports.

Breaking down the 1,404 murder cases reported in Karnataka in 2022, 706 were linked to controversies, 353 to personal enmity, 108 to illegal relationships, 59 for gain, and 44 related to love affairs.

The gender distribution shows that 1,007 victims were men,394 women, 3 transgenders.