India registered 27,721 cases of murder in 2023, a fall of 2.8 per cent from 2022, while crimes against Scheduled Tribes (STs) rose by 28 per cent during the same period, according to a data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2023.

Cybercrimes saw a 31.2 per cent increase with 86,420 cases, as compared to 65,893 reported in 2022, it said. The national record keeper of crimes and trends revealed that 28,522 cases of murder were reported in India in 2022, which came down to 27,721 cases in 2023, a dip of 2.8 per cent.

Disputes were among the main motives behind the highest number of murder cases (9,209) in 2023, followed by other motives like personal vendetta or enmity with (3,458 cases) as well as gain (1,890 cases), the report said. Crimes against STs saw a jump of

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