Ludhiana leads CPs in number of burglaries in 2019: NCRB

Ludhiana: Raising doubts over the fear of police among burglars in Ludhiana commissionerate of police (CP), the latest National Records Bureau Report (NCRB) report of 2019 suggests that more than 19% of burglaries happen in Ludhiana CP during day time. The data further suggests that Ludhiana CP had the highest number of burglaries as compared to various other CPs of the state.
As per the latest NCRB data, Ludhiana CP had 59 cases of day-time burglaries among the total burglary cases of 309 in 2019, which comes to be around 19.09% of the total number of such cases. 250 of the total number of such cases in 2019 were of night-time burglary.
The latest NCRB report suggests that when it comes to burglary cases in 2019, Ludhiana CP tops the list, whereas Amritsar CP is at number two spot with 245 such cases and chief minister’s Patiala district is at number three spot with 229 such cases. Pathankot had the lowest number of such cases in 2019 at 41.
The comparison of burglary cases in the last few years suggests that there has been a rise and fall in the number of such cases in Ludhiana since 2017. While the number of such cases in Ludhiana CP was 314 in 2017, it increased to 354 in 2018 but decreased to a three-year lowest at 309 cases in 2019.
The data further indicates that the percentage of day-time burglary cases as compared to the total cases has also witnessed a rise and fall. Whereas it was 17.83% in 2017, it dropped to 15.53% in 2018 but increased to 19.09% in 2019.
Even as the burglary cases are the highest in Ludhiana CP for the last many years, Ludhiana police claims that it has solved most of such cases.
Ludhiana commissioner of police Rakesh Aggarwal said that they had been able to detect around 90% of such cases. He added that more number of such cases in Ludhiana as compared to other areas of the state was because of the bigger size of Ludhiana CP, more migratory population and careless attitude of the people that makes the job of the police difficult.
A police officer asking not to be named said that in a sizeable number of such cases, servants, whose credentials are not shared by their employers with the police, are involved. Many residents said that besides role of citizens, the police had an important role to play in such crimes.
“I believe that there is a need for more aggressive patrolling by the cops, especially the PCR cops, to build a sense of fear among the thieves. Besides people also need to be alert to such crimes and should play more active part in helping the police,” said Narinder Singh, a resident of Pakhowal road .