The Tribune, February 13, 2005

Crime graph rises in Gurgaon
Ravi S. Singh
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, February 12
Incidents of crime have increased in Gurgaon city after the Assembly elections, causing alarm among the residents. The spate in crime in the past few days called in question the effectiveness of the police. The DSP, Headquarters, Gurgaon, Mr Subey Singh, however, rationalised the incidents, saying these were of a routine nature.

Four youths today allegedly looted a purse containing Rs 10 lakh from two employees of Besteck India Ltd in DLF-II while they were returning after withdrawing money from a bank in Sector 14. The two employees were returning on a two-wheeler to their office from the bank when a Maruti Zen rammed into their vehicle. Four youths armed with countrymade guns got off from the car, snatched the money from them and decamped.

Last Tuesday, a five-year boy from Gandhinagar was allegedly abducted. The police said the culprit was a resident of the native village of the victim’s family. The whereabouts of the accused and the boy had not be yet ascertained by the police.

Four days ago, some persons took away a car of the owner of Legend Travel Services, Mr Tarun Jain, by force in the night. A person, along with 20 persons, forced Mr Jain to enter into a kind of a business agreement. When an employee of the victim objected, he was beaten up. They took away Mr Jain’s car, his mobile phone and some documents.

Three days ago, about 10 persons beat up a security guard of Flag India Ltd in Silokhara, now a part of the urban pocket of the city, at about 3 pm and left the scene not before snatching his gun and 30 baskets of ball bearings from the factory’s storage place.

The rise in crime caused uneasiness among the industrial and trading section of society. The feeling in the corporate sector was that there was often a lull in the administrative circles after the elections till the time the next government came in place. This was the time when anti-social elements raised their heads.