GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government admitted in the state Assembly on Monday that Ahmedabad city police have no clue about 41 cases of murder, 11 cases of robbery and 735 cases of loot in the areas falling directly under Ahmedabad Police Commissioner. In a written answer to Giasuddin Sheikh, Congress MLA, who sought figures of the last three years, the government said, between June 1, 2006 and May 31, 2009, in all 267 cases of murder, 59 cases of robbery and 1,254 cases of loot were registered.

In a separate answer, government said, in the last two years, as on May 31, 2009, there were in all 191 cases of murder, loot, robbery and rape in Ahmedabad district. Of these, the cops have no clue of 43 cases. Largest number of cases was registered in Daskroi taluka of Ahmedabad 26 cases of murder, 40 cases of loot, 11 cases of robbery and 6 cases of rape. Participating in the debate on the issue, senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia asked why was the government trying to express satisfaction over law and order situation when realities were quite different?

In his reply on the floor of the House, State Home Minister Amit Shah tried to explain, amid uproar from opposition benches, that the number of serious crimes had been going down over the years, but it would be wrong to say that the government was satisfied’ with the results. “We have asked senior police officials to get directly involved in solving the 43 cases about which there is still no clue about crime,” the minister claimed.

A separate written reply on the failure of the government to solve criminal cases in the Ahmedabad Police Commissioner jurisdiction area said, in several cases the accused have been identified but not caught, and now efforts are on to track the criminals by questioning relatives’. It further said, the state home department has begun a night round scheme’, with intensive effort to check vehicles. “There is also intensive patrolling with the help of special police vehicles,” it added. Also, there is intensive checking of railway stations, hotels, guest houses, ST stands, among others.

Source: timesofindia