NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh's reputation of being a lawless land suffered another dent with NCRB data pointing to it being home to the most hotheads on the road. Thirteen road rage murders were reported from Maharashtra, three from Gujarat , two each from Manipur and Chhattisgarh and one each from Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi.The NCRB, however, says that this road rage data provided by UP government is under clarification. Till 2015, road rage incidents were recorded by NCRB under the head rash driving/road rage, linking it to incidents which have happened while driving.It is for the first time NCRB has listed a separate 'road rage' head for motive of murders. According to NCRB's 2015 annual report, road rage data was used only for number of cases "causing injuries under rash driving/road rage" in which states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra topped the figures.In 2015, overall cases of road rage and rash driving in the country amounted to 4,51,069. There is a slight increase in political murders — from 96 in 2015 to 113 in 2016, while Naxalism claimed 327 lives.

Source: Times of India December 01, 2017 22:30 UTC