36 Suicides In Central Armed Police Forces In 2019; 433 In Six Years: NCRB

by Shahnawaz Malik Sep 03, 2020 • 01:41 PM Views 850

 

36 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel committed suicide last year due to different reasons, according to the latest figures of the National Crime Record Bureau. In the last six years, 433 jawans took their lives. NCRB data also shows that in 2014, 175 suicide cases of CAPF personnel were registered across the country. 60 cases of suicide in 2015, 74 in 2016, 60 in 2017. In 2018, this number had plunged to 28 but in 2019 the number has again gone up and a total of 36 suicide cases have been reported