West Bengal has recorded the highest number of arrests in the country on charges of sedition and waging war against the state in 2015, says the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Of the 237 such arrests made last year, 53 were from Bengal.

The state is followed by Bihar -which recorded 50 arrests -and Assam and Maghalaya with 27 arrests each. Sixteen and 10 arrests were made in Nagaland and Punjab respectively. Interestingly, the only woman arrested in this connection was from West Bengal.