Muslims 18.7% of prison population, down from 20.2% a year ago: NCRB

The share of Muslims in India’s total prison population — comprising convicts, undertrials, detenues and others — has declined to 18.7% in 2021 from 20.2% in 2020, while the percentage of Hindus rose to 73.6% from 72.8% over the same period, according to the latest all-India prison statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

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