GRP sees rise in suicides, suspicious deaths in 2021
The Hindu
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The Government Railway Police (GRP), Vijayawada district, has registered 1,520 cases in 2021, of which 826 were suspicious deaths and 234 were suicides, said Superintendent of Railway Police (SRP), Rahul Dev Singh. Suicide deaths in 2020 were 137.
Releasing the annual crime data in Railway Police District, Vijayawada, which comprises seven districts including Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, West Godavari, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts, on Monday, the SP said that 116 persons died by falling off running trains, which was 109 last year, and 351 deaths occurred due to tresspass on to the tracks, which was 230 in 2020.
Sixty-six natural deaths were reported while travelling by train, three died due to electric shock and 56 passengers died of other reasons, Mr. Rahul Dev said.