CHENNAI: Debunking the opposition charges on the law and order scenario, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday came out with detailed statistics of various crimes to prove that her government has improved the situation in the last four years.
Replying to the discussion on demands for grants to police department, she asserted that the government was maintaining law and order in a good manner and the police was taking stringent action on those indulging in criminal acts. Due to this, crimes have decreased, she said.
Number of murders in 2005 at the end of the AIADMK regime was 1,366, but it rose to 1,715 in 2010 at the end of the DMK tenure. In 2014, it had come down to 1,678, she pointed out.
Similarly, murders for gain rose to 153 from 74, but it had been reduced to 127 in 2014. “As far as gang robberies are concerned, it was going up in DMK regime by 3.3 per cent every year. The number of gang robbery cases in 2011 was 101 and it is in the same level in 2014 showing that it has not increased”.
The Chief Minister said robberies went up by 63 per cent every year during the DMK regime. Robbery cases which were 2,066 in 2011 decreased to 1,969 in 2014. In 2010, during the DMK regime, 14,583 theft cases were registered, but it had come down to 11,969 in 2014, which is a reduction of 17.9 per cent.
A total of 23,068 property cases were registered in 2010 and in 2014, a total of 21,110 cases had been registered. Compared to the DMK regime, the property cases are lesser by 1958, she pointed out.
As per the National Crime Records Bureau report, number of property cases in Tamil Nadu is less compared to other States. “The crime rate related to property in 2014 is 28.2 per lakh which is 13.1 per lakh less than the national average of 41.3 per lakh. In 2013, stolen goods worth Rs 146.59 crores were retrieved, while it was Rs 98.04 crores in 2014. As per the statistics of 2013 and 2014, Tamil Nadu occupied the first place in the nation in the retrieval of stolen goods, Jayalalithaa said.
“When the cognizable crimes in the nation has increased by 8.1 per cent, it has come down in Tamil Nadu by 5.09 per cent. While the number of murder cases in 2013 is 1806, it has been reduced to 1678 which is a reduction of 7.08 per cent. The number of rape cases which was 923 in 2013 has come down to 455 in 2014, which is a decrease of about 50 per cent, she said. In 2013, a total of 2186 robbery cases were registered and it has come down to 1969 in 2014. When the crime rate is going up at the national level, they were coming down in Tamil Nadu”, she said.
Each year, crimes are increasing due to increase of population, growing economy, progress of information technology, changing social circumstances and urbanisation. But, the crimes have come down in Tamil Nadu due to the strong actions of the police, she said.
“The vacancies in the police department are identified earlier and orders are given to fill them at the appropriate time. So far, 11,488 policemen had been selected and posted after training. Steps are being taken to fill the vacancies of 1,078 sub inspectors and 294 technical assistants.”