Kolkata, Oct. 4 -- West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress today hailed the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after this metropolitan city Kolkata adjudged as the safest city in the country, recording the lowest number of cognisable offences per lakh people.
As per the 2023 report of National Crime Records Bureau, Kolkata recorded 83.9 cognisable offences per lakh people, the lowest among the 19 cities in the country with more than 20 lakh population listed by NCRB.
The achievement fourth in a row was the continuing with a trend that senior police officers have attributed to the use of technology and fine-tuning of policing practices.
Kochi is the worst performer with 3,192.4 cognisable offences per lakh people, followed by Delh...