Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
By Dheeraj Fartode
Zone - V of Nagpur Police Commissionerate covers Old Kamptee, New Kamptee, Kalamna, Yashodhara, Jaripatka and Koradi Police Stations. The Zone has recorded decrease in crime by 1.50 per cent and marginal two per cent increase in detection rate was recorded in the Zone. The Zone recorded have recorded increase in attempt to murder, dacoity, thefts, rape
and death by negligence while graph of murder, chain snatching, robbery, burglary, cheating, hurts molestation is decreasing in the Zone.
 |
| DCP Abhinash Kumar, IPS |
In year 2016, the Zone have recorded 2,163 crime cases as against 2,196 cases in year 2015 and 1,995 in year 2014. Total 1,447 detected by the cops in year 2016 with 69 per cent while detection rate was 67% in year 2015 and 65.56 per cent in year 2014. The Zone was formed in May 2016 and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abhinash was in-charge of the Zone.
The Zone accounted for 22.05 per cent crime cases of Nagpur City in year 2016. The Zone is notorious for crime as many history-sheeter goons are living in the area. The Zone initiated massive 2,342 preventive action which seven per cent more than previous year. Twelve MPDA proposals were sent by the Zone and five gangs were booked under stringent MCOCA in year 2016. Jaripatka Police Station have initiated maximum preventive action -- 820 and recorded maximum crime -- 779 in year 2016. Crime chart of Kalamna Police Station was 422 followed by 320 in Yashodhara Nagar, 272 in Koradi, 227 in Kamptee and 143 in Old Kamptee Police Station.
 |
| Crime chart of Zone V |
Seventeen murders reported in the Zone and cops have managed to detect 16 of them. In year 2015, the Zone had recorded 21 murders and 40 murders in year 2014. Jaripatka Police Station topped the tally of murders with six murders followed by four in Kamptee, two each in Yashodhara and Kalamna and one at Old Kamptee Police Station.
Attempt to murder cases are on rise in the Zone as it recorded 21 cases as against 16 in year 2015. Again, Jaripatka Police Station have recorded maximum -- eight -- attempt to murder cases followed by four each in Yashodhara Nagar and Kalamna; two each in Kamptee and Old Kamptee and one at Koradi Police Station.
Chain Snatchings seems to have abated in the Zone. As against 15 chain snatchings in year 2015, the Zone reported 13 in year 2016. Robberies also showed a decline in the Zone as it recorded 38 in year 2016 as against 56 in year 2015.
As far as thefts cases are concerned, the top brass needs to pay utmost importance here as the graph is soaring with 14 per cent rise. The Zone recorded 495 theft cases in year 2015 and it rose to 571 in year 2016 with just 37 per cent detection rate. Maximum -- 225 -- thefts took placed in Jaripatka police station while 106 in Kalamna Police Station.
Overall, the Zone needs to pay more attention towards detection of property crime which is concerned with common man.
Comments
Post a Comment