UP saw most communal violence cases in 2017 with 195 cases
Uttar Pradesh witnessed the maximum incidents of communal violence across India in 2017 as 195 of the total 822 cases were reported from the state, MoS for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir has said. Karnataka witnessed 100 such cases, he told the Lok Sabha. In 2016, UP recorded the maximum of 162 communal incidents out of 703 cases reported across India.