3 min readChandigarhJun 12, 2026 01:05 PM IST
First published on: Jun 12, 2026 at 01:05 PM IST
The National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) “Crime in India 2024” report has placed Chandigarh at the top of the country in cases registered against police personnel, with the bureau recording 4,069 cases against Chandigarh policemen during 2024. The figure, however, has been strongly disputed by Chandigarh Police, which termed it “incorrect” and said it would approach the NCRB for a correction.
“The data published in the NCRB 2024 report is incorrect and could be a typo. These many cases are registered in total in Chandigarh by Chandigarh Police,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pushpendra Kumar told The Indian Express.
“Prima facie, the data appears to be erroneous. We will verify the details and write to the NCRB seeking rectification of the record,” Kumar said.
The figure appears in a table of the NCRB report, which deals with cases registered against state police personnel. Against Chandigarh, the table records 4,069 cases registered, along with 1,499 charge-sheeted cases and 1,499 final reports submitted.
The number stands out not only because it is the highest in the country but also because it marks a dramatic departure from Chandigarh’s own NCRB records over the past four years.
According to previous NCRB reports, Chandigarh recorded two cases against police personnel in 2020, six in 2021, four in 2022 and six in 2023. The jump from six cases in 2023 to 4,069 in 2024 has raised serious questions about the accuracy of the data.
A comparison with other states further underlines the anomaly. The NCRB data for 2024 records 321 cases in Maharashtra, 187 in Rajasthan, 132 in Telangana, 130 in Kerala and 40 in Haryana. Chandigarh’s reported figure is more than 12 times Maharashtra’s tally and far exceeds the numbers reported by any state or Union Territory.
The discrepancy becomes even more pronounced when viewed against national figures. The NCRB report records 6,269 cases against police personnel across India in 2024, meaning Chandigarh alone accounts for nearly 65 per cent of all such cases in the country. Among Union Territories, the share is even more striking, with Chandigarh accounting for almost 90 per cent of the 4,563 cases reported.
Police officials indicated that the figure may have inadvertently reflected the total number of criminal cases registered in Chandigarh during the year rather than cases registered against police personnel.
The NCRB report notes that the data is furnished by states and Union Territories. Chandigarh Police officials said they would examine the entry and communicate with the NCRB to have the record corrected.
The number stands out not only because it is the highest in the country but also because it marks a dramatic departure from Chandigarh’s own NCRB records over the past four years.
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