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Crime rate on the rise in Vijayawada
Open House” held by Police Commissioner A B Venkateswarlu on Saturday raised many an eyebrow in the city. The blunt statement of facts stated by him seemed to have shocked those attended the session more than contributed to promote the trust of people in the police.
Vijayawada: “Open House” held by Police Commissioner A B Venkateswarlu on Saturday raised many an eyebrow in the city. The blunt statement of facts stated by him seemed to have shocked those attended the session more than contributed to promote the trust of people in the police.
- Crackdown on criminals will succeed only with people’s cooperation
- Police strength in city is not in proportion to increasing population
- But the present annual expenditure on establishment will be doubled from Rs 100 crore if more cops are to be put on streets
- An advocate says the style of functioning on the part of the police still rooted in colonial times
It is true that crime rate is shooting up in Vijayawada city which is set to emerge as a smart city within a stone’s throw from the proposed capital for Andhra Pradesh. But the policing in the city is facing a serious impediment in the context that the police strength has not gone up in proportion to ever increasing population. This was highlighted by Venkateswarlu during the session.
The police commissioner, however, said the annual expenditure being incurred on the police establishment in the city ranged between Rs 105 crore and Rs 110 crore. The expenditure on police establishment would be doubled if the police strength was to be increased. The government may not agree to it, he felt.
What is more shocking revelation that came out during the session is that criminal gangs from Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have made Vijayawada as their base. “Through Operation Night Domination, we had succeeded to some extent in curbing the crime. But with an advocate filing a public interest litigation petition (PIL), the High Court ordered that such actions were unconstitutional,” he said
Advocate Pitchuka Srinivasa Rao, who filed the PIL, however, said he had to approach the High Court because the police had tried to muzzle people’s voice. The style of functioning on the part of the police remained rooted in colonial times, he pointed out. Former corporator Sri Devi curled her lip at the police by saying that the women in distress were being looked upon as objects of scorn in police stations.
This should be changed, she said. What’s more the police commissioner said was that “chain snatching” incident had increased in the city. The police can launch crackdown on crime only with the cooperation of people.
