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"Perform or get out"

Staff Reporter

Police Commissioner presents Delhi’s crime card

Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

In various moods: Delhi’s Police Commissioner Yudhbir Singh Dadwal at his press conference in the Capital on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Cautioning police officers against any laxity in the discharge of their duties, Delhi’s Police Commissioner Y. S. Dadwal on Wednesday said incompetence would not be tolerated and that non-performers should quit.

Speaking at the annual Delhi Police press conference here, Mr. Dadwal said the focus last year was on conducting quality investigations and continued monitoring of cases by the station house officer and supervision by the Assistant Commissioner of Police.

About the crime scenario in the Capital, he informed that 53,244 cases were registered in 2007, which was 3.41 per cent less than 2006. There has been a sharp decline in kidnapping for ransom cases from 32 in 2006 to 24 last year. Contrary to the perception that rape cases are on the rise, they have declined from 609 to 581.

There has been a negligible rise in the number of murders, from 462 in 2006 to 467 last year, he said.

“Eighty-three per cent murder victims were from the poor economic strata. The background of those arrested reveals that 92 per cent were first-timers, 70 per cent were either illiterate or school dropouts and 82 per cent came from poor economic background,” he said, adding that there was a slight decline in property-related crimes like dacoity, robbery and snatchings. Last year, vehicle theft cases declined to 8,039 from 8,622 in 2006.

The detection rate of heinous crimes went up from 87.9 per cent to 89.4 per cent, whereas the conviction rate increased substantially from 55 per cent to 65 per cent.

The Vigilance Branch received 18,056 complaints of which 5,574 were against police personnel.

In all, 197 police personnel were punished and departmental enquiry was initiated against 52 including 11 inspectors.

Explanation was sought from 10, including a Deputy Commissioner of Police, warning was issued to eight, 19 were suspended and 31 were transferred to non-sensitive units. According to the Police Commissioner, 89 personnel involved in malpractices were dismissed from service during the year.

Mr. Dadwal said in view of the changing crime scenario, delimitation of police stations was being done. An initiative has also been undertaken to sensitise people like street vendors, parking lot attendants and security guards to develop a network of criminal intelligence, he added.

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