Vadodara: If the crime statistics presented in the assembly are anything to go by, Sanskarinagari seems to be the burglars’ favourite playground.
On an average, the city reported one house break-in every day in 2018 and 2019 with a total of 716 burglaries committed in the past two years. If that be so, then then burglars were targeting one house every second day during this period.
The state government tabled the crime figures in the state from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019. According to the figures, the city saw 158 cases of loot in two years while 87 murders were reported in the district in the same period. Seventy-eight cases of attempt to murder were also registered in the city and in district areas in the last two years.
In 2018 and 2019, 699 suicides were registered in city as well as rural areas.
The number of kidnappings remained almost the same with 167 cases registered in 2018 while in 2019, 160 complaints had been filed. Making a mockery out of Vadodara’s title of being a ‘safe city’, city saw 158 cases of loot in the past two years.
Known to be a communally sensitive city, Vadodara also witnessed 215 incidents of rioting in 2018 and 2019.
However, city police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut, however, said, that crime per se has gone down in most sections in the city in these two years. “The number of loots have decreased significantly as we have managed to crack down on chain snatching gangs. We have arrested a gang that was involved in 22 cases of chain snatching,” he said.
Talking to TOI, the top cop said that to arrest burglaries, cops have begun detaining thieves under Prevention of Anti-Social Act (PASA). “This kept the burglars’ gangs behind bars,” said Gahlaut, adding that separate teams consisting of two police sub-inspectors and 10 constables have also been formed for patrolling at nights. “These teams keep a check on Sikhligar gangs that are mostly involved in burglaries. We also check vehicles at 57 different locations in the city,” Gahlaut added.
Nearly 139 rape complaints were filed in the city and district areas in 2018 and 2019 apart from 15 cases of dacoity in the same period. Over 1,945 theft cases were also registered in the city between 2018 and 2019.
On an average, the city reported one house break-in every day in 2018 and 2019 with a total of 716 burglaries committed in the past two years. If that be so, then then burglars were targeting one house every second day during this period.
The state government tabled the crime figures in the state from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019. According to the figures, the city saw 158 cases of loot in two years while 87 murders were reported in the district in the same period. Seventy-eight cases of attempt to murder were also registered in the city and in district areas in the last two years.
In 2018 and 2019, 699 suicides were registered in city as well as rural areas.
The number of kidnappings remained almost the same with 167 cases registered in 2018 while in 2019, 160 complaints had been filed. Making a mockery out of Vadodara’s title of being a ‘safe city’, city saw 158 cases of loot in the past two years.
Known to be a communally sensitive city, Vadodara also witnessed 215 incidents of rioting in 2018 and 2019.
However, city police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut, however, said, that crime per se has gone down in most sections in the city in these two years. “The number of loots have decreased significantly as we have managed to crack down on chain snatching gangs. We have arrested a gang that was involved in 22 cases of chain snatching,” he said.
Talking to TOI, the top cop said that to arrest burglaries, cops have begun detaining thieves under Prevention of Anti-Social Act (PASA). “This kept the burglars’ gangs behind bars,” said Gahlaut, adding that separate teams consisting of two police sub-inspectors and 10 constables have also been formed for patrolling at nights. “These teams keep a check on Sikhligar gangs that are mostly involved in burglaries. We also check vehicles at 57 different locations in the city,” Gahlaut added.
Nearly 139 rape complaints were filed in the city and district areas in 2018 and 2019 apart from 15 cases of dacoity in the same period. Over 1,945 theft cases were also registered in the city between 2018 and 2019.
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