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PUNE: A noticeable rise in the number of chain snatching and robbery cases in Pune in 2018 has prompted the city police to maintain a special focus on curbing such offences this year.Chain snatching incidents went up by 35% since 2017. Vehicle thefts too have come down in this period, from 2,212 cases to 1,966. Cheating cases too decreased from 741 cases to 695. Engineering involves the provision of better traffic infrastructure. However, cases of rioting went up from 179 in 2017 to 232.He shared details of initiatives, like M-police app, Service Excellence and Victim Assistance, Bharosa Cell, Damini squad, Buddy Cop, Criminal Intensive Surveillance Project, and Automated Multi Biometric System, among others..