60 incidents of crime daily in Haryana

Chandigarh: There were on an average around 60 incidents of crime including murder, rape, dowry and theft everyday in Haryana during 2010, an increase of 10 cases daily as compared with the crime figures in the state the previous year, the state Assembly was informed today.

A total of 22,054 cases were registered for six offences - rape (717), kidnapping and abduction (950), dowry (3,002), theft (16,234), dacoity (146) and murder (1005) - during 2010 as against 18,337 cases registered in 2009, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said in reply to an Unstarred Question of BJP member Anil Vij.

Except for dacoity, for which the number of cases declined to 146 during 2010 from 153 in 2009, the remaining five offences witnessed an increase in the number of cases registered during the year, the reply said.

There were on an average three murder cases registered daily with the number of cases going up to 1,005 in 2010 from 950 in the previous year and 782 in 2005 when the Hooda government came to power.

Around 44 cases of theft were registered daily in 2010 with the total number of cases rising to 16,234 from 12,834 in the previous year, the reply said. The number of theft cases registered in 2005 was 8,649.

The number of dowry cases increased to 3,002 in 2010 - an average of eight cases daily - from 2,893 cases registered in the previous year and 2,285 in 2005.

The kidnapping/abduction cases averaged around three with 950 cases registered in 2010 as compared to 895 in the previous year and 493 in 2005.

There were on average two rape cases registered daily in 2010 with the total being 717 as against 612 cases in 2009 and 461 in 2005.

The average daily number of cases registered in 2005 was 35 with the yearly total being 12,758 against the daily average of 60 in 2010 and 50 in 2009, the detailed reply said.

The total number of cases in which the accused were arrested during 2010 was 8,702, in 2009 the number was 7,886 and 6,558 in 2005, the reply stated.