Times of India, January 9, 2003

Crime up by 3% in Gurgaon
LALIT MOHAN

[ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 08, 2003 01:13:57 AM ]

Of the four districts, Faridabad is the most populous at 22 lakh. Gurgaon comes next with 16.5 lakh people, Mahendragarh has 8 lakh residents and Rewari 7.6 lakh. Their respective overall figures of recorded crime were 6761, 3519, 1272 and 1260. However, in statistics for murders, Gurgaon still leads, though the figure has declined from 68 to 62 for the year. Faridabad also showed a decrease from 68 to 56. Rewari, with 24 murders in 2002 recorded an increase of three. Mahendragarh had three homicides less than in 2002.

Cases of dacoity and rape had a larger proportionate increase in Rewari and Mahendragarh, though in absolute terms the other two districts remained ahead. The respective figures for rape incidents in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Mahendragarh were 27, 37, 14 and 14. Faridabad topped in vehicle thefts with 432 FIRs against 428, and dowry deaths, recording 19 against 18, in the previous year. For the latter crime Gurgaon’s figure was 11, down from 17.

Rajiv Rathee adds: Gurgaon Police Range IGP Swaranjeet Singh, in his wireless New Year greetings to the cops on behalf of DGP M.S. Malik, said that law and order situation improved during 2002. The decline is due to various steps taken by the department like setting up of an exclusive women’s cell, round-the-clock patrolling, “May I Help” mobile service of the police and cooperation of the conscientious public. He, however, requested the media to highlight not just the unhealthy aspects of the social malaise but also the success of the cops in solving cases of robbery, dacoity, etc.