NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: Heinous crimes like murder, rape , abduction and loot have decreased in Noida and Ghaziabad this year, though cases of domestic violence and dowry deaths have gone up in Noida. The crime data for January-September this year has no case of kidnapping for ransom as against last year’s one incident in the corresponding period.The number of undertrials in Noida’s Luksar jail has increased from 1,900 to 2,700 in the past six months, an indication of crackdown on anti-social elements and criminals, police said.In Noida, cases of murder (57) and loot (44) are marginally lower this year compared to previous year’s 66 and 95 respectively in the corresponding period. Cases of dacoity increased to five from last year’s four. However, from January to September, Noida police registered 25 cases of dowry death against 18 in the same period last year. Cases of domestic violence registered under Section 498A (husband or relative subjecting woman to cruelty) also increased from 187 to 220 this year.In Ghaziabad too, police registered a marginal decline in cases of heinous crimes as well as women-related crimes in the same period. From January to September this year, 82 murder cases were registered compared to the 90 in the same period in previous year. The number of attempt-to-murder cases is 89 as compared to 90 in the same period in 2017. From January to September this year, 78 cases of cash thefts and three dacoities were reported, where these figures stood at 89 and 80 in the corresponding period in 2017 and 2016 respectively. In 2018, two persons were kidnapped for ransom as compared to the previous year.In Ghaziabad, as far as crimes against women are concerned, 19 murder cases were reported so far this year, while this figure stood at 21 in the same period 2017. The data shows 20 women lost their lives due to dowry deaths in 2018, which is 11 less than that in the same period in2017. Moreover, 88 rape cases were reported in 2018, just one less than the previous year. Police said 354 case of kidnapping and 371 cases of dowry harassment were reported in the first nine months of 2018, while these figures stood at 373 and 451 respectively for the same period in 2017 and 2016.Ajay Pal Sharma, SSP, Gautam Budh Nagar, said the dip in crime is due to strict policing and crackdown against anti-social elements. “We formed teams and launched a crackdown against the criminals and arrested several persons. We broke the organised gangs that were earlier operating in the area. We arrested several hundred criminals while some others surrendered in court. This has controlled the crime in the area,” he said.In Ghaziabad, a crime review meeting held on September 12 found that cops posted at police stations are quite slack in solving pending cases. Nearly 22 murder cases were yet to be solved. The maximum number of such cases were pending at Muradnagar, followed by Masuri (4) and Sahibabad (3).SSP Vaibhav Krishna expressed his displeasure as some police stations – Kavi Nagar, Sahibabad, Tronica City, Masuri, Loni Border and Muradnagar – have not cracked murder cases pending since 2015. Taking a serious view of the matter, Krishna had directed the SHOs to form special teams to crack the cases and nab the culprits.In Ghaziabad, a senior official also expressed concern over increasing cases of loot and chain-snatching, despite a strong police presence in the district. As many as 86 cases of chain-snatching in Indirapuram, 15 in Kavi Nagar and 12 cases in Sahibabad are yet to be solved. Likewise, 76 cases of mobile phone snatching in Kavi Nagar, 155 in Indirapuram and 92 in Sahibabad are yet to be solved.“The system of conducting checking drives by respective police stations is in a bad shape,” SSP Vaibhav Krishna had stated. Krishna directed the SP (city) and SP (rural) to designate the checking points in urban and rural areas respectively.SSP Noida has also asked the cops to patrol in rural areas and inform people about safety measures in the wake of dacoity-cum-murder of two persons in Jewar on Saturday.

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