Stating that Left Wing Extremists in the Telangana state are under effective check, State Director of Police (DGP) Anurag Sharma asserted today that they will not allow them to make a comeback. According to him their presence is very less and recruitment is also low.
He said the Telangana State Committee of CPI (Maoist) is operating with only three district committees having around 92 cadres. He also said that several youths, who got attracted towards the anti-national activities through social media, were counselled.
Reviewing the crime rate in the state during this year, he said it has gone down drastically. However, he admitted that incidents of rape on women, robbery, economic offences and counterfeit currency are on rise.
According to him 12,281 cases of crimes against women were recorded this year as compared to 13,446 cases last year. However, rape cases increased to 1,138 from 1,117 last year. There is a significant decrease in the incidences of murder for gain, burglaries and ordinary thefts.
There is also an increase of robbery incidences from 361 to 594, owing to registration of cases of chain snatching under robbery, where victims suffered physical injuries. The economic offences too increased by 9.37 per cent with 7,987 cases reported in 2016 as compared to 7,303 cases in 2015, while cheating cases increased by 8.66 per cent to 7,338 cases as against 6,753 last year.
Similarly, counterfeit currency cases increased as 49 cases were reported this year as against 38 last year and also 21 bank theft cases were reported as against 18 in 2015.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad Police Commissioner M Mahendar Reddy said that there is a reduction of 8 per cent in overall crime registered in Hyderabad city during 2016 as against last year. A comparison of the crime for this year with that of 2015 shows that the grave crime rate came down significantly by 31 per cent and there is a 16 per cent reduction in property crime. The overall crime against women reduced by 12 per cent. However, rape cases rose to 161 in 2016 as against 115 registered last year.
