Haryana : Crime rate decline in 1st half of 2019
Chandigarh, Jul 22 (UNI) Crime rate in Haryana has come down in the first six months of 2019 by 7.88 per cent as compared to the corresponding period last year, while the kidnapping incidents reduced by 25 per cent and the cases of murder attempts were also controlled.
Stating this here Monday, Director General of Police Manoj Yadava said a total of 23,834 cases pertaining to attempt to murder, kidnapping, dacoity, assault, riots, theft, road accidents among others were registered between January and June 2019, whereas 25,874 cases were reported during the same period in 2018.
He said as per half-yearly comparative figures, the number of attempt to murder cases saw a decline from 454 to 448, while number of kidnapping cases decreased from 2648 to 1968. The street crime including riots and attack also declined by 5.31 per cent as 2727 cases were reported till June 2018 as against 2582 cases during first six months of 2019. The cases of snatching also saw a significant decline from 1283 to 1038. The cases of dacoity stood at 76 till June this year, as compared to 87 last year.
The DGP said under section 304A (causing death by negligence), 104 cases were registered till June this year as against 119 last year. There has been a sharp decrease in assault on government servants from 495 cases to 376 this year and also in cases of ordinary theft, which saw a decrease by 366 cases.
In addition, road accident cases reported in the first half of this year saw an impressive decline of 358 cases. In total 5,774 cases of road accidents were reported upto June 2019 as compared to 6132 last year. The number of vehicle theft incidents went down to 8553 in 2019 from 8635 last year, he added.
Mr Yadava said there has been a check on crime against property such as dacoity, snatching and theft in the month of June 2019 as compared to the corresponding period of last year. The state has recorded 3188 incidents of crime against property in June 2019, which is 0.87 per cent less as compared to 3216 cases of last year.
He said all out efforts were being made to prevent and control heinous crimes by intensifying police patrolling and maintaining vigilance in the state. Police will continue to vigorously enforce the law, pursue the campaign against drugs and prevent crimes to ensure safety and security of people, he added.
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