No country for the old? T.N. top in murder of seniors in 2021
The Hindu
Murders of the elderly have increased despite a decline in the overall figure
Tamil Nadu reported the highest number of murders of elderly people in the country in 2021, according to the Crime in India report released by the National Crime Records Bureau recently.
In 191 murder cases involving the elderly, 202 people aged above 60 were killed. This accounts for 11.3% of a total of 1,686 murder cases reported in the State, in which 1,741 people were killed. The second highest number of murders involving the elderly was reported in Maharashtra. Of the 2,142 murder cases reported there, 181 had senior citizens as victims.
The number of murders involving the elderly has seen a gradual rise in the State since 2019. This is despite the total number of murders witnessing a decline. In 2019, 173 of the 1,745 murder cases reported in the State had elderly victims. In 2021, the respective figures were 191 and 1,686.
The year 2021 marked the first time in recent years that Tamil Nadu topped the table in murders of elderly people. The latest report has come against the backdrop of a few sensational murders of elderly people reported in the State over the past few months.
In July 2022, an elderly couple was found murdered in their house at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district. Last month, an elderly woman was found murdered in Tiruppur.
Tamil Nadu is among the few States with a high percentage of elderly population. According to the Elderly in India 2021 report released by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the percentage of the projected elderly population in Tamil Nadu was 13.6 - the second highest in the country. Kerala had the highest, with 16.5% of its population aged above 60.
A closer analysis of the data showed that Tamil Nadu also had the highest crime rate when it came to murders of elderly people.
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