Number of motor vehicles theft and night crime have reduced in the last two months, courtesy special police team constituted in every police station in the national Capital.
South-West district police have especially taken initiatives to keep a close watch on the activities of active criminals (auto lifters) and street crime (especially MV theft). “South-West district has shown a 8.3 per cent decrease in cases of Motor Vehicle (MV) thefts and night crime in the month of June against the comparison of May this year and close to 24 per cent reduction in such crimes in the month of July as compared to June,” said DCP, South-West, Surender Kumar. As many as 203 cases of motor vehicles theft was recorded in May, which reduced to 186 and 151 cases in June and July respectively.
A total of 36 meetings were held between the ACPs, SHOs of the district with Residents Welfare Association members as well, where it was decided that CCTV cameras will be installed at crime prone areas with the cooperation of both the parties.
“Unattended exit roads/streets of crime prone areas are barricaded between 9 pm and 6 am on a daily basis with local security guards. Every beat staff is given a vehicle proforma and they are directed to check all the vehicles and take necessary action against the suspected persons or vehicles. As per the said Proforma, almost 15,000 vehicles were checked by beat staff in July. As many as 2,162 vehicles were impounded u/s 66 DP Act and a totals of 8,461 suspected people were detained under the DP Act in the last 15 days,” said the official.
As a result of this drive, 21 auto lifters were arrested, 35 vehicles were recovered and 55 cases were worked out from them.
A total of six motorcycles are deployed in every police station of the district for night patrolling on a daily basis from 11pm to 6 am. As a result of this initiative, close to 34 per cent MV theft has been reduced at night time. The figure stood at 69 in July as compared to 103 in January this year. Due to night patrolling, nine auto-lifters were arrested, eight vehicles were recovered from them and 15 cases were worked out from them in July.