Ghaziabad: Councils see a drastic increase in banks and online financial fraud last year, when the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent locking results in a decrease in traditional crime such as theft, robbery, and children.
While the district recorded several cases of forgery, fraud and fraud in 2019, the number they rose at least 38% in 2020.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report was released on September 15, shows a total of 215 bank fraud cases registered in Ghaziabad last year while not There are such violations noted a year back.
In 2020, 437 cases of forgery, fraud and fraud were registered, up from 270 cases in 2019, NCRB data stated.
In sharp contrast, violations such as murder, kidnapping, rape, and theft recorded a significant decline in 2020.
At least 48 murder cases were registered in 2019, while decreased to 23 in 2020.
Rape cases dropped to 18 years.
In 2019.
The case of sexual abuse was also, less at 44 – 114 cases were recorded in 2019.
With more people living in the room because of restrictions on the movement in the middle of the case of pandemic, hit and run too, down to 149 in 2020, Of the 274 recorded in 2019.
The significant dip was witnessed in cases of theft – chains and cellular connection cases – which had been rampant in Ghaziabad.
While 3,297 such cases were registered in 2019, it was halved in 2020.
Stupid for vehicle theft, Ghaziabad recorded a total of 1,248 cases by 2020, down from 2,675 in 2019, declared NCRB data.
Sanjay Mishra, a political science teacher at Ghaziabad’s MMH College, said, “The main reason behind the decline in traditional crime by 2020 is because people are forced to remain in the room because of covid-induced locking.
But for financial fraud and cybercimes, Someone does not need to be on the street.
It can be done within the boundaries of a person’s house.
With work losses and financial difficulties during the pandemic, more and more people use this kind of fraud, “added Mishra.