National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that Uttar Pradesh accounted for the maximum number of economic offences in 2018. While the state recorded 22,822 cases of economic offences, Rajasthan was a close second with 21,309 such cases.
Maharashtra reported 14,854 cases of economic offences and Telangana and Bihar saw 10,390 and 9,209 such cases respectively. The data comes at a time when India’s probe agencies the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation are investigating some crucial cases pertaining to economic offences, including the Rs 14,356 crore Punjab National Bank scam, media reported.
Countrywide, 1,56,268 cases of economic offences were recorded in 2018, higher than 143,524 such cases reported in 2017, according to the data. In 2016, such crimes totalled 148,972. In 2017 as well, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh accounted for the highest share of reported economic crimes, the bulk of which were cases of forgery, cheating and fraud.
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