PATNA: If the figures released by the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) are anything to go by, at least nine people are murdered, five robbed and four women raped per day in Bihar.
According to the latest data, which is available on the website of SCRB, 2,406 people were murdered in just nine months in the state from January to September this year. Patna topped the chart with 159 murders during the period, followed by Gaya (138) and Muzaffarpur (134). Sheohar recorded the lowest incidents of murder, just six, during the period.
As far as police ranges are concerned, Tirhut was at the top with 294 murders, Magadh (276), Munger (145), Kosi (141) and Begusarai (124).
Police, however, said majority of murders took place either due to land dispute or personal enmity.
Similarly, altogether 1,106 incidents of rape were reported in the state from January to September, which suggested that on an overage, four women are raped per day. Altogether 20 incidents of kidnapping for ransom and 1,300 incidents of loot were lodged with different police stations during the period.
The incidents of theft went up to 22,690. Altogether 1,234 incidents of road robbery were registered, suggesting that three people are robbed per day on the roads in the state. In addition, 171 incidents of dacoity, 111 incidents of road dacoity, 11 incidents of bank dacoity and four incidents of bank robbery were reported during the period.
Even on Thursday, a four-year-old girl was raped in Kaimur district, an RJD leader Ravi Yadav was shot dead in Bhojpur and an LJP leader and mukhiya of Gohi panchayat, Rajesh Kumar Sahni, was shot at in Samastipur district.
Besides, a 13-year-old boy was killed in Supaul district on Thursday. Reacting to rising incidents of crime in the state, leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav tweeted, “Hundreds of killings, loot, kidnapping and rapes are the achievements of BJP-Nitish Kumar government in the state.”
On Wednesday, CM Nitish Kumar held asked senior police officers to rein in criminals. “The CM is not in a mood to relent. If things don’t improve soon, many heads may roll,” an IPS officer posted at the police headquarters said.
ADGP (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar, however, said, “If you go by the official records of the crimes in the last few years, you will find substantial decline in the majority of the heads, except one or two. Yet, we are alert and have put our maximum efforts to check crime.”
He reiterated that police officers, if found lax in dealing with law and order, would face stern disciplinary action.