January 14, 2018
Rajasthan High Court expresses shock over rising crime graph in Jodhpur
Source – indiatoday.intoday.in
Rajasthan High Court has taken a serious note of rising crime in Jodhpur following a series of firing incidents at public places and complaints of extortion.
Jodhpur businessman Vaudev Israni was shot dead on September 17 after having survived a similar attempt on his life three months ago. He was murdered even though the police provided security following his complaint about threat to life. Â
The incident took place in Sardarpura, a posh area and constituency of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
HIGH COURT FURIOUS OVER RISING CRIME: THINGS TO KNOW
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A furious bench of Justices Govind Mathur and Arun Bhansali summoned Principal Secretary (Home) Deepak Upreti yesterday. Earlier, the high court had summoned police commissioner Ashok Rathore, who has been holding the post for few years.
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A common criticism of the Rajasthan police is that its leadership has been in the hands of weak officers. Jodhpur, for long known as a very peaceful city, too has shown a considerable rise in crime in recent years.
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The NCRB data for 2015 shows that Jodhpur has the third highest rate of crime among cities. It also has the highest crime rate (13.7) of an attempt to commit murder per lakh population against India average of 2.9.
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Jodhpur has the highest rate of rape at 13.4 per lakh population standing ahead of Delhi. Jodhpur reports the highest rate of assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty with. Its average is 38.7 for every lakh population against the national average of 9.6.
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Jodhpur also has highest rate of cruelty by husbands or his relatives at 70.7 against the national average of 11.9.
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The crime rate of causing death by negligence is also highest in Jodhpur at 45.3 against the national average rate of 9. The city has the highest number and the highest rate of forgery cases in the country.
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Congress leader and former CM Ashok Gehlot hit out at the government and police commissioner Rathore saying that the administration had deliberately neglected Jodhpur as it was his hometown. He demanded transfer of Rathore from Jodhpur.
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Meanwhile, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has intervened to control the damage. She has asked the Special Operation group headed by IG Dinesh MN to track those involved in cases of murders, extortion and other serious crimes in Jodhpur.
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