The Tribune, January 3, 2004

Criminals making a killing
Deepender

Jhajjar, January 2
The image of the district police seems to have taken a beating while the criminals are having a field day. In most of the cases recently, the desperadoes committed the crime and escaped. The SP who assumed office about two months ago, made claims of checking the crime rate. He opened a police chowki at the bus stand also, but the cases continued. The most discouraging incident was the escaping of three dreaded gangsters who duped the escort party and escaped on December 25. While the policemen who were in the escort party of the undertrials have been arrested, none of the fleeing criminals could be captured even after a week.

The undertrials who were taken to Tis Hazari courts were arrested in connection with cases of murder, dacoity, etc. One of them Rajesh Naharia was arrested in Bahadurgarh last year while two others, Mahavir and Dharamvir, are still at large. In another heinous double murder case in Jasaur Kheri last week, the police are unable to achieve any breakthrough. Two persons, including an aged woman, were shot dead in their house on December 17. The police have also booked about a dozen persons but not one of the accused identified by the victim’s relative has been arrested.

In another case of murder of a pregnant woman who found crushed to death on the road in Dighal village, the police face the wrath of the villagers who put up a blockade on the road in protest against the ghastly incident. The police so far arrested three persons of the husband’s family on the complaint of woman’s parents.

While, some unidentified persons escaped with the pension funds worth about Rs 1. 87 lakh from Bahadurgarh tehsil office yesterday. The money was lying in a bag and was in the custody of a patwari. When the patwari was putting the bag in a place, some persons reportedly saw it and escaped with the bag. The fingerprint experts and the dog squad were called from Rohtak immediately but no clue has been found. The police have registered a case of theft in this connection and started investigation.

The SP, Mr H.S. Doon, said that the theft was the result of carelessness of the patwari. The double murder case in Jasaur Kheri was the outcome of a gang war. He defended the police and said that they are quite vigilant.