The Tribune, January 13, 2003

HPCC rally against rising crime in Rohtak
Our Correspondent

Rohtak, January 12
Several activists of the Congress belonging to Kiloi Assembly segment took out a procession in the town under the leadership of Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, spokesman, HPCC, and a former minister in protest against the rising crime graph and ‘discriminatory’ attitude adopted by the government against the residents of Kiloi. Later, a memorandum was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ashok Yadav, to be forwarded to the governor.

Mr Hooda alleged in the memorandum that there had been a steep rise in the criminal incidents in the district within past fortnight. He said more than 10 murders and several incidents of rape, robberies, thefts and other criminal incidents had been reported in the past fortnight. He alleged that the police had miserably failed to check or even trace the culprits.

The Congress leader also charged the ruling INLD government with adopting a discriminatory attitude against the residents of Kiloi region in different matters. He said 32 localities of Kiloi region fell in the jurisdiction of the Rohtak town and most of the residents lead a miserable life for want of basic amenities.