Hindustan Times, January 4, 2001
White collar crime shows sharp rise in Faridabad
HT Correspondent
(Faridabad, January 3)
THE CRIME graph showed fluctuating trend in the district last year. While the organised crime, murders, dacoities, burglaries, thefts etc kept the police on tenterhook, the crime against women, rapes, kidnappings, dowry-related deaths and other cases, manifested a downward trend.
However, white collar and petty crimes showed a sharp spurt owing to the money culture taking centre stage in society.
Crime statistics collected by The Hindustan Times reveal that the police last year registered 9,053 cases as against 8,837 in 1999. The police booked 104 cases of murder in 99, which declined to 78 in 2000, ie a decline of 25 per cent. Similarly, 49 cases of attempt to murder and culpable homicide in 2000 were registered as against 63 cases booked last year, again a 25 per cent decrease.
However, crime against women has been steadily increasing during the years 1997-1999, which declined in the year 2000, certainly a happy augury.
In 1997 the police had registered 50 cases of rape, which came down to 40 in 1998, and then jumped to 61 in 1999. But last year, the incidents of rape have almost come down to the 1997 level with 47 rapists booked by the police.
Similarly, cases of kidnapping which registered an increase of over 62 per cent between 1997 and 1999 _ with 63 cases booked in 1997, 84 in 1998 and 110 in 1999, _ came down to 81 in 2000, still an increase of about 25 per cent as compared to 1997.
Similar has been the pattern vis-a-vis the dowry-related cases. While in 1997 as many as 136 cases were registered, the number went up to 188 in 1998, which further increased to 219 in 1999, but declined to 134 last year.
Similarly, the cases of dacoity, burglaries, thefts, chain snatching etc. declined during the year as compared to the last year.
Nevertheless, organised crime perpetrated by the criminals of the adjoining states of UP, Delhi and Rajasthan, kept the police in Faridabad on tenterhooks throughout the year. However, the organised crime was contained by a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 40 per cent. There has been a sharp rise in petty crimes. About 562 persons have been booked under the gambling Act and 1,748 under the Excise Act, 248 under the Arms Act and 42 under the Narcotics, Drugs control Act.
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