Political parties can go to any extent to gain power. Of course, no matter how much the state is harmed. A state like Bihar, which was notorious for racism and ethnic violence at one time, is still not behind in terms of crimes. There has been any political party in power in Bihar, everyone has a deep relationship with crimes. Law and order has always been a challenge in Bihar. The situation is that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s government has failed to curb crime and criminals. The government has found an easy option. That is, now the public representatives like the chief, sarpanch, ward members will be able to keep licensed weapons for self -defense. Which will benefit about 2.5 lakh public representatives. The Home Department of the state has issued instructions to all District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police to complete the process of applications in this regard in a timely manner. Assembly elections are to be held in Bihar after a few months. In such a situation, this decision of the Nitish government is being linked to the election.
The Bihar government has taken this decision due to the increasing incidents of attacks and killings on panchayat representatives in the state. On the contrary, the truth is that by doing so, the Nitish government has tried to help the rural public representatives. If this decision of Nitish Kumar is also considered in the interest of the security of the panchayat representatives, then it shows the condition of crime in the state. In the state where the public representatives are not safe, who will take responsibility for the safety of the common people. The question is also whether there will be no increase in violence in the state by granting millions of arms licenses. If the police system in Bihar was effective and strong, then it would not be possible that millions of public representatives should be licensed for weapons. It is clear that Chief Minister Nitish has chosen an easy option to give arms licenses instead of crime and criminals. The big question is also that the public representatives will do their protection with weapons, but what will happen to the people of the state.
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This decision of Chief Minister Nitish shows that law and order in Bihar is almost collapsed. Bihar Police is a boom in violent crime cases. In the last 10 years in Bihar, fake arms licenses, illegal guns and unauthorized sales of ammunition have increased in the state and this is a major cause of increasing violence in the state. The state’s crime record bureau has also conducted a study in this direction. The Bihar Police conducted this study as Director General of Bihar Police Vinay Kumar. The police have directly linked the increase in violent crimes in the state to the increasing sales of illegal weapons and ammunition in the state and have been held responsible for crimes such as kidnapping, robbery, robbery, bank robbery and road robbery for murder, ransom. According to the NCRB (National Crime Bureau), Bihar has been one of the top five states in the case of violent crimes between 2017 and 2022. The study revealed that 82 violence cases have come up on average in Patna every year and the capital of the state has become the capital of violence. After Patna, 49.53, Saran 44.08), Gaya 43.50, Muzaffarpur 39.93 and 37.90 cases are being registered per year in Motihari respectively. Top 10 districts with the highest number of violent crimes include Patna, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Nalanda and Begusarai. These are also among the top 10 districts that have the most cases of the Arms Act. The study concluded that there is a close relationship between cases of illegal firearms and violent crime. Based on the study of crimes of a decade, the special task force has recommended from the DGP of Bihar to reduce personal ammunition quota from the current 200 to minimize. It has also been recommended that the DGP office is unable to use firearms, canceled their licenses. Monitor the licensed minisan factories. According to NCRB data, Uttar Pradesh was at the top of crimes in India in 2024. This is followed by Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi and Bihar respectively. Most cases of theft were recorded in the category of crimes. After this, there were cases of robbery and harassment on the second number. In crimes, the number three rape cases were registered in terms of data. It is a matter of concern in this case that it has recorded an increase of 1.1 percent as compared to 2023, while kidnapping cases have registered a increase of 5.1 percent over the previous year.
According to the Bihar Economic Survey Report released by the Bihar government, the number of cases registered and dealt with against women has increased by 13.05 percent and 19.7 percent respectively in 2021-22 compared to the previous year. The report said that out of all the cases recorded in 2021-22, the highest number of 4,889 cases were registered for domestic violence. This was followed by dowry harassment (787), sexual harassment (116), second marriage (81), mobile/cyber -related crimes (59), child marriage (24), sexual harassment (22), human trafficking (12), dowry murder (5) and others (1,297) were recorded at the workplace. In 2021-22, 86 percent recorded cases were settled, while in 2020-21 it was 82 percent. Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar has claimed a drastic decline in crime in 2025 as compared to the figures and population. Comparing Lalu Sarkar’s period, the DGP said that 20-21 years ago, kidnapping cases were registered for 500- 1000 ransom annually. Now this figure is around 50. Earlier there were earlier more than 1200 annual incidents in robbery cases, which have now come down to around 150. Significantly, Bihar has already been infamous about corruption. Lalu Yadav is in jail for the job in the railway in exchange for the fodder and land of the Lalu government. Nitish Kumar was expected to improve corruption and crime in Bihar. But the way the culture of arms is being promoted, Bihar’s future does not look bright.