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Crime far from controlled in State

By Sanjoy Ray

GUWAHATI, Dec 28 � Insurgent activities may have hit an all-time low in the year 2010, but the common man continues to be at the receiving end of crime and criminals in Assam like in the previous years.

On an average, every day three persons are murdered, four women are raped, seven persons are abducted, at least two persons get extortion demand and more than 25 households are either burgled, robbed or witness theft or dacoity in their backyards.

In total, police stations across the State have registered a whopping 51,687 cases under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code.

A peep into the crime map of this year (upto October) shows that in spite of the insurgent activities witnessing a slowdown in the State, there has been a sharp increase in the number of extortion cases, which goes to indicate that fund collection in the name of militant groups is still rampant.

The State (till October) has already surpassed the number of extortion cases registered in the last calendar year. Till October this year, 743 extortion cases were reported compared to preceding year�s tally of 645 cases. A spurt has also been witnessed in cases related to rioting, criminal breach of trust and cheating compared to last year.

The crime map till October recorded 1858 cases of rioting, 834 cases of criminal breach of trust and as many as 1105 cheating cases. Over 1700 cases of auto-theft were also registered this year.

Asked to comment on the existing scenario, a senior Assam Police official told The Assam Tribune that barring a few forms of crime, the statistics (till October) have remained more or less static compared to the bygone years.

�Of course, we are trying to mobilize our resources to the optimum level to put a check on all forms of crimes and with insurgency receding, the law-enforcing agencies would be able to concentrate more on combating other forms of crimes,� he stated.

However, concerns were expressed by different quarters of the law-enforcing agencies on the unprecedented rise in white-collar crimes.

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