In the wake of ‘increasing’ crime rates in the national Capital, Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit has written to the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, seeking his intervention to make the Delhi Police more efficient and alert in checking crimes in the national Capital.
Expressing concern over sudden spurt in crime in the city, Dikshit said that the crime graph is increasing every day and the Delhi Police has failed to control it.
She said that Delhi has become unsafe for people particularly women and has acquired the notorious sobriquet of “the crime capital in the country”.
Drawing his attention towards the crime rates in the Capital, Dikshit sought L-G intervention to make Delhi Police more efficient and alert in checking crimes in the national Capital. “Delhi has witnessed many horrible crimes, including murders, robberies, extortions, snatchings, shootings and acid attacks in past few days and the Delhi Police standing as mute spectators when criminals were having a free run across the Capital,” she said.
She said that the shooting incidents, including over a dozen encounters with the police, have resulted in at least 16 deaths and 22 injuries. Dikshit said that it was deeply disturbing that some notorious criminals, many of whom have jumped paroles and returned back in illegal activities.