Chennai, Sept 6, (BPNS)
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its statement said that the state tops in the number of murders of older people in the year 2021.
According to the NCRB records, 191 people aged above 60 were killed in Tamil Nadu during the year 2021. Maharashtra clocked second on the number of passengers getting killed as per the NCRB records. 181 senior citizens were killed in Maharshtra during this perod.
The NCRB report said that the number of murders involving the elderly have been on a rise in Tamil Nadu since 2019. In 2019, 173 of the 1745 murder cases are of old people. It is to be noted that the latest report of the NCRB has come after a few sensational murders involving older people in the state.
An activist of the non-governmental organization Help Age India while speaking to BPNS said that there was increased cooperation between the elders and the police is required to bring down this menace.
Sources in the government told IANS that the Tamil Nadu policy on senior citizens which will be finalized any time would strengthen the safety measure for elderly people.
