Delhi Police faced a tough time in cracking burglary, snatching cases as a whopping number of cases remained unsolved in the last year. However, not all was gloomy for the force as rape cases saw 2 per cent decline and the force achieved a high detection rate in heinous cases.
The total number of cases registered in 2016 increased to 2,09,519 as against 1,91,377 in 2015. Out of the total number of 2,09,519 cases, 1,53,562 cases remained unsolved.
The incidents of Motor Vehicle Thefts increased to 38,644 in 2016 from 2015, with the police managing to recover only 4,473 stolen vehicles.
However, this figure was better than 2015 as police claimed that the vehicle recovery rate increased by 148.9 per cent last year. Out of the 14,307 burglary cases reported in 2016, only 2405 cases were solved. Out of the 9571 snatching cases reported last year, 6207 remained unsolved. Police statistics claimed that that heinous crimes like murders and robberies decreased by 26.36 per cent. The detection rate of heinous crimes increased to 12.82 per cent as police claimed that 71.67 per cent of heinous cases were worked out last year.
With demonetisation being the buzzword in the last two months of 2016, police had its hands full managing crowd outside the ATMs and ensuring law and order.
Eight cases and six DD entries were lodged in which `27.95 crores were seized, out of which `3.01 crores were in the denomination of `2,000.
A drive was launched against Fake Indian Currency Notes last year and associated with other agencies like RBI, Customs department and Intelligence Bureau.
last year, counterfeit currency worth `5.74 crores was recovered and 80 cases were registered. The Crime Branch busted an espionage ring with the arrest of four people who were allegedly sharing sensitive defence documents and deployment details of BSF along the Indo-Pak border with a Pakistan High Commission staffer.
The Crime Branch also busted two interstate rackets allegedly involving unauthorised procurring and selling of CDRs with the arrest of eight persons, including two policement from Rajasthan and UP.