Hyderabad, December 29: The total number of reported crime cases in Hyderabad Commissionerate limits has dropped by around 13 per cent during 2011 when compared to last year, a top police official said on Thursday.
“The overall crime cases decreased from 16,703 last yearto 14,718 this year. However, cyber crimes went up to 68 casesagainst 53 last year,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner A K Khan told reporters at a press conference here.
Offences pertaining to murders, robbery and dacoity,house breaks, theft, kidnappings, cheating among other relatedcrimes saw a drop, Khan said, adding there was an increase ofsnatching cases to 884 from 851 in 2010.
Though, overall crime cases against women fell to 1,623this year when compared to 1,779 during the previous year,rape cases went up to 56 this year as against 43 in the yearbefore, he said and pointed out that in most of the cases theaccused and the victim knew each other and lived together.
“It is proposed to create three more women policestations in addition to the existing three women policestations in the city,” Khan said.
With the number of religious and other processionsgetting doubled in the last five years in the city, Khan saidthere was a need to hold discussions with religious leadersand to restrict such processions as it was necessitating heavybandobust arrangements.
“Large number of officers and police personnel arerequired to make arrangements and maintain peace during theseprocessions. Such force could be otherwise utilised for bettercrime control and law and order maintenance,” the policecommissioner said.
–Agencies