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Crime graph, rape cases on a rise in state
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|February 18, 2025
THE state has witnessed an increase in crimes in the last three years. Incidence of rape, which had seen a drop, rose again in 2024.
In a written reply to senior Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed in the assembly that 1,78,190 cases were registered in 2022 and the number rose to 1,99,954 in 2023 and 2,14,113 last year.
This story is from the February 18, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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