<p class="title">As many as 356 cases of honour killings were reported in the country between 2014-16, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, in a written reply, said the ministry has advised all states about the preventive, remedial and punitive measures to be implemented to address the issues related to honour crimes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the latest published information available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 28 cases, with honour killing as the motive, were reported in the country in 2014, 251 cases in 2015 and 77 cases in 2016, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These include cases registered under section 302 (murder) and section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC, he said. </p>
<p class="title">As many as 356 cases of honour killings were reported in the country between 2014-16, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, in a written reply, said the ministry has advised all states about the preventive, remedial and punitive measures to be implemented to address the issues related to honour crimes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the latest published information available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 28 cases, with honour killing as the motive, were reported in the country in 2014, 251 cases in 2015 and 77 cases in 2016, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These include cases registered under section 302 (murder) and section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC, he said. </p>