Report No. 35
Appendix XXXVIII
India-Number of Kidnapping and Abduction Cases (1953-1962)1
Year |
No. of cases reported to the Police |
Whether increase or decrease compared with previous year |
1953 |
5,261 |
Increase |
1954 |
5,514 |
Increase |
1955 |
5,529 |
Increase |
1956 |
5,905 |
Increase |
1957 |
5,821 |
Decrease |
1958 |
6,043 |
Increase |
1959 |
6,459 |
Increase |
1960 |
6,024 |
Decrease |
1961 |
6,698 |
Increase |
1962 |
7,119 |
Increase |
1. See Crime in India, (1953), p. 2, bottom;
(1954), p. 3, bottom; (1955), p. 3, top;
(1956), p. 3, middle; (1957), p. 4, middle;
(1958), p. 4, middle; (1959), p. 5, middle;
(1961), p. 7, top; (1962), pp. 2 and 7.
1. Based on Crime in India, (1952), (1953) and subsequent years.
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