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Police firings killed 2 Indian civilians a week on average between 2009-15

Over the years, firing incidents have decreased due to decline in incidents in Jammu & Kashmir

Farmers pelting stones as they clash with the police during their agitation in Phanda near Bhopal
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Farmers pelting stones as they clash with the police during their agitation in Phanda near Bhopal

Devanik Saha | IndiaSpend

Two civilians died every week, on average, in police firing in India, according to national crime data for the years 2009 to 2015.

The data provide perspective to the death of six farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district on June 6, 2017, when police fired on protesting farmers demanding better prices.

As many as 796 civilians died due to police firing between 2009 and 2015, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
 

Source: National Crime Records