In 2017, UP reported most communal incidents, poll-bound Karnataka second

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Feb 06, 2018: As per the data shared by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Parliament today, Uttar Pradesh has reported highest number of communal incidents in 2017.

Uttar Pradesh, which recently witnessed violence in Kasganj, reported 195 communal incidents in 2017 in which 44 people were killed and 542 others were injured.

Poll-bound Karnataka is second in the list, reporting 100 communal incidents in the last year in which nine people were killed and 229 injured.

The MHA data was shared in Parliament by Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir in response to an unstarred question by Members of Parliament G Hari and T G Venkatesh Babu.

According to the MHA data, Rajasthan, which is also due for polls this year, recorded 91 communal incidents wherein 12 people were killed and 175 injured.

Bihar is fourth on the list with 85 communal incidents reported in 2017 which claimed three lives and injured 321 others.

In poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, nine people were killed and 191 injured in 60 communal incidents. In West Bengal, 58 incidents of communal violence killed nine people and left 230 injured.

Gujarat recorded 50 communal incidents last year wherein eight people were killed and 125 others were injured.

Hansraj Ahir said that 111 people were killed and 2,384 injured in a total of 822 communal incidents across the country in 2017.

In 2016, as many as 86 people were killed and 2,321 others were injured in 703 incidents of communal violence. In 2015, 97 deaths were reported and another 2,264 people were injured in 751 communal incidents.

Courtesy: yahoo news