Political Murders in India between 2008 and 2012

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Political tension increased in Uttar Pradesh within a gap of two days as another BJP leader Omveer Singh was shot to death in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday. The murder took place in Meerapur area where the 40-year-old was shot dead by two gunmen on motorcycle.

On Saturday night, 35-year-old Dadri-based BJP leader Vijay Pandit was shot dead. However, Zee Research Group`s (ZRG) study of political murders during past few years suggested a different story.

As per the data compiled by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), between 2008 and 2012 only seven political murders took place. Moreover, the overall number of political murder instances have also come down.

Political Murders between 2008 and 2012 (India)

Year Political Murders 2008 103 2009 190 2010 124 2011 147 2012 120 Source: NCRB

Political Murders in key states between 2008 and 2012

State 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Bihar 16 24 24 32 32 Madhya Pradesh 1 13 19 13 28 Jharkhand 8 19 9 8 4 West Bengal 9 50 38 38 22 Andhra Pradesh 22 59 5 33 2 UP 1 1 1 2 2 Source: NCRB