The country’s millennium city, Gurugram is ahead of all cities in Haryana when it comes to registration of number of crimes, including maximum cases of crime against women.
As many as 19,242 cases of crime were registered in 2017 in Gurugram while 11,038 cases have been registered till July 2018.
In 2015, 15,873 crime cases were registered which increased to 17,207 cases in 2016, stated the State Government in a reply to a question tabled in the Haryana Assembly on Tuesday.
The total cases of crime in the State stood at 1,288,67 in 2017, while 77,435 cases have been registered till July 2018.
In 2016 and 2015, 1,201,91 and 115421 crime cases respectively were registered in the State.
Millennium city is followed by its neighboring city and Haryana’s industrial hub Faridabad with registration of 15,347 in 2017 and 8,087 cases till July 2018.
12,115 crime cases in 2016 and 9,902 were registered in 2015 in Faridabad, the data stated.
Next in the tally is Chief Minister Manohar Lal’s constituency Karnal, which registered 8,042 crime cases last year and 5,379 till July this year.
A day before, the State Government had tabled the data related to crime against women in Haryana. Gurugram recorded the maximum number of rape cases in 2017, as per the data.
172 cases of rape, 380 of molestation, 402 of kidnapping, 236 of dowry harassment were registered in Gurugram in 2017 while in Faridabad, 1,220 cases including 127 rape cases, 208 molestation, 389 kidnapping cases and a high 473 dowry harassment were registered last year.
The data also revealed that 9,082 cases of these crimes against women were registered in 2016, which increased to 10,248 in the year 2017. The state had registered 1,328 cases of rape in the year 2017, which averages to more than three rapes a day.
Opposition attacks Govt over law and order situation
During the monsoon Session of Haryana Assembly, the opposition parties—Indian National Lok Dal and Congress—slammed the State Government for deteriorating law and order situation.
Lashing out at the State Government, Leader of opposition and INLD’s senior leader Abhay Chautala on Tuesday said that the State Government has failed to take action on FIRs registered in various cases.
While speaking during the zero hour, he also alleged that son of a BJP MLA was involved in a case of misbehaving with a cop but no action was taken against him.
Soon after the allegations, the treasury benches were on their feet and began shouting “Gundagardi nahi chalege” against the INLD. In retaliation, the INLD MLAs shouted slogans ‘Haryana Sarkar Murdabad’.
Following this, Abhay Chautala rushed to the Well of the House and showed the Speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar clippings of FIR registered in the case. To pacify the situation, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal intervened and said that current issues should be raised during the zero hour. If an FIR was registered in the case, then action will be taken in this case, he said.
A prior notice should be given so that we can give you information on status of FIR registered in cases who want to raise in the House, he said.
Manohar Lal also told Abhay Chautala, “I do not even remember the status of FIRs registered against you, but will provide the information regarding status of various cases later.”
The opposition also asked the status of inquiry into the murder of a priest and one other person in a temple complex in Haryana’s Karnal district while three others were seriously injured in the attack.