A surge in
seven categories of crime - murder, robbery, snatching, violence against women
and children, kidnapping, attacks on police officers, and mob violence - raised
alarm among law enforcement and policymakers over public safety.
During the
first nine months of 2026, victims filed 22,339 cases involving six of these
major crime classifications, while 537 mob violence incidents erupted across
the country. In several instances, mobs targeted police officers directly
inside police stat...
