India recorded the highest number of murders in 2006 and the trend shows no signs of receding.
Recent months have seen the magnifying glass being focused on crimes of passion, but the problem is bigger than that. From rising inequalities in both rural and urban areas to caste and communal reasons, crime in India is totally different from crime in the rest of the world.
If guns, drugs and organised crime are behind the high murder rates in most parts of the world, pegging it to any one reason in India is next to impossible.
In the latest crime survey, the spotlight is turned to mega cities, which account for a huge chunk of violent crime. Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore account for more than 33 per cent of crime in 35 major cities of India. With dowry deaths and honour killings also on the rise, there is no single antidote for curbing murder in India.
Image: (Inset) Maninder Singh Pandher, who allegedly carried out the infamous Nithari killings.
Photograph: PTI
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