Nagaland registers lowest number of crimes against children New Delhi, Oct. 30 (IANS): The spurt in incidents of crime against children across India has raised serious concern with 53,874 cases registered in 2021 alone under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act, according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). According to the NCRB, overall a total of 1,49,404 cases relating to crime against children were registered in 2021 against 1,28,531 cases in 2020, a rise of 16.2 per cent. If statistics of the NCRB are an indication, every third crime against a child was registered under the POCSO Act. In 2021, a total of 33,348 incidents were registered under Sections 4 and 6 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault and aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the POCSO Act and in these cases 33,036 were girls while 312 were boys. However, cases of kidnapping of children were more with 67,245 registered, posing a challenge for the police forces across the country. Delhi topped the list among the union territories with 7,783 crimes against children registered in 2021, while Nagaland registered the lowest number of crimes against children. The total crimes against children rate went up from...