Team Herald
PANJIM: Goa has recorded an overall decline of more than 15 percent in the crime rate up to June, compared to the year 2015, though there has been an enormous rise in the number of murders, which have gone up by 53 percent compared to the last calendar year.
Crime detection has gone up to 86 percent, a two percent rise compared to last year that recorded 83.27 percent. At the same time there has been 700 percent rise in cases related to culpable homicide not amounting to murder this year.
While cases related to theft, robbery, burglary and rioting have shown a marginal decline, kidnappings have recorded a nine percent rise.
This information was provided on the Floor of the House by Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, who holds the Home portfolio, in response to a question tabled by Congress MLA Chandrakant Kavalekar.
As per the data, up to June 2016, 1351 cases have been reported as against 3704 cases in 2015. Similarly, the total number of cases detected is 1163 compared to 2532 in 2015.
“The crime rate had dropped by 31 percent in 2015 compared to 2014. This year, up to June, it has declined by 15 percent. On the other hand, the detection rate in last six months has gone up by 86 percent,” Parsekar told the House.
In 2013, there were 4313 cases reported of which 2735 were detected, while in 2014, the number of cases went up to 4469 with 3056 detections. “The State witnessed a rise in crime rate by three percent in 2014,” Parsekar told the House.
At the same time, the State has recorded rise in number of drug cases since 2013 that saw 50 cases registered. The number went up to 54 in 2014 and 61 in 2015. In 2016 till date, 16 cases under NDPS have been registered and 75 foreigners have been arrested for drug trafficking.
The Chief Minister said the police have organised various awareness programmes through lectures in colleges, information by means of radio, print media etc to educate youth, students and people regarding the ill effects of drugs. “Regular day and night patrolling is maintained in and around the beaches, kiosk, shops, hotels, markets and other crowded places,” he said.
