New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) Four vehicles were stolen fromthe national capital every hour in 2017 with the total numberof such thefts rising to over 39,000 from 36,702 in 2016, theDelhi Police said in its annual report released today.
The Delhi Police brass, in its annual press conference,cited motor vehicle thefts and online registration of suchcases as one of the major contributors to the rising crimegraph of the national capital.
The number of motor vehicle thefts reported till December15, 2017, was 39080. In 2016, a total of 36,702 vehicles werelifted in the corresponding period, the report said.
Out of the 39,080 vehicles stolen last year, just over 10per cent (4053) were recovered by the police, it said.
More than 61 per cent of the vehicles stolen last yearwere two-wheelers. The stolen vehicles included 29,804 two-wheelers, 7047 cars and 2229 other vehicles, police said,adding that 5649 vehicle lifters were arrested.
The theft ratio in the city stood at 377.58 per lakhvehicles and these thefts formed 17.52 per cent of all casesregistered in Delhi under the IPC, the report stated, citingvehicle lifting as a "low risk" and "high profit" venture forthe lifters.
"It has been made more attractive by a paradigm change invehicle models and costs," it noted.
Non-availability of parking spaces in residential areas,indifference of owners, reluctance to spend on safety devices,as well as lacunae like re-registration of vehicles in somestates and manual maintenance of records there were cited asreasons behind the rise in number of vehicle thefts in thecity. PTI VITIJT.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.