Overview
- The Home Department reported murders fell from 1,597 in 2021 to 1,461 in 2025, while recorded rapes declined from 422 to 401 over the same period.
- Senior officials rejected portrayals of a recent crime surge, saying overall recorded offences have trended down in the last five years.
- Cases under the NDPS Act rose from 6,800 in 2021 to 11,000 in 2025, which the state attributed to intensified anti-drug enforcement.
- In the Tuticorin teen sexual-assault and murder case, the in-charge DGP said a police inspector has been suspended and the probe has been expedited.
- The government reiterated zero tolerance for custodial deaths, noting the Thirupuvanam case involving Ajith Kumar has been handed to the CBI.