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Is Uttar Pradesh becoming a Crime Pradesh?

  On 24 August 2020 , Ratan Singh , one of the journalist of private news channel was brutally beaten with lathis and then shot dead  in Phephna village of Ballia District .UP Police said that this has happened because of land dispute between two neighbours after the family of journalist kept straw on that disputed land. However , Ratan's father denied the police statement saying there had been no quarrel over keeping straw on that day. Both Police and Ratan's father are going on seperate roads , don't know who is right and who is wrong.   Indian Media is considered as the 4th pillar of our constitution and if this media is not safe then how can one think about common citizens. Lets us move towards some stats. According to the annual report of National Crime Records Bureau(2018) , a case of rape is registered every two hours and crime against a child is reported every 90 mins in the state. Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 59,445 crimes against women in 2018. The report cl