Kathmandu, April 3 -- A total of 3,069 criminal cases have been recorded across the country between February 13 to March 14 this year, as per the monthly bulletin published by the Nepal Police, on Tuesday.
According to the bulletin, social crimes were the highest with 759 cases followed by 485 cases of suicide, 334 cases of narcotics, 295 cases of bank fraud, 190 cases of deaths in road accidents and 155 cases of rape, among others.
The yearly record of the Nepal Police also shows that the number of social crimes is gradually increasing in the Valley as well as across the country. In the last fiscal year, 14,450 cases of social crimes were recorded across the country in comparison to the 10,256 cases in 2016/17 and the 8,689 cases in 2015...