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Rising crime rate in Warangal worrying
The increasing crime rate in the tri-cities of Hanamkonda, Kazipet and Warangal under the commissionerate limits is not only keeping the police on their toes but also making the people worry about their safety to the extent that they hesitate to go out with their family and friends.
Warangal: The increasing crime rate in the tri-cities of Hanamkonda, Kazipet and Warangal under the commissionerate limits is not only keeping the police on their toes but also making the people worry about their safety to the extent that they hesitate to go out with their family and friends.
Highlights:
- Five murders in a span of two months in Warangal causes panic
- Public accuse police of failure in maintaining law and order in the tri-cities
- Police say shortage of manpower and rapid expansion of residential areas as the reasons for the rise of crime
It is not just the numbers that are startling but also the nature of the crimes and the manner in which, they were being executed is triggering panic.
The public are pointing fingers at the police for the increasing number of murder cases in the last two months in the tri-cities and blaming them for not maintaining law and order under control and for not conducting excessive patrolling.
Meanwhile, the police quoting the vast and rapid expansion of residential areas and shortage of manpower as the reasons.
The rivals of TRS corporator Anishetti Murali had murdered him at his house in Hanamkonda on July 13. Murali had appealed the police number of times to issue him license to have a gun citing the threat to his life from his rivals. But the police never responded and Murali was murdered.
The second murder was that of eight-year-old Vinay, resident of Gandhi Nagar, Warangal. The boy’s parents filed a missing case with the police on July 19. Special police teams were deployed to search for the boy but of no use. Later Vinay’s body was found in an auto in front of his house on July 20.
On August 4, Siddampalli Sambaiah (65), a retired employee of Gollapalli Colony, was murdered in broad daylight. Culprits threw chilli powder on his face and later slit his throat with a knife leaving the old man in a pool of blood by the side of the road in a residential area in Hanamkonda.
The next murder took place at Rangampet in Warangal on September 5. Following a clash, Aman alias Pappu and his friends stabbed two persons - engineering student Shaik Khaja Gareebuiddin Nawaj alias Bablu (23) and Thadineni Anil (32), resident of Rangampet, causing serious injuries.
The two were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital. Shaik Khaja Gareebuiddin Nawaj alias Bablu died on September 8 while undergoing treatment.
Varikoti Srinivas (40), a resident of Indira Nagar in Waddepalli, is a private teacher working in Hyderabad. He was the latest one to be murdered. On September 8, unknown persons killed him and placed his body on the bike, which is raising several doubts. The area of the victim’s house is very near to the residence of local MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar.
A Krishna Prasad, lecturer in private college, said, “As the crime enters the safe havens of the residential communities, fear is visibly on the rise and is worrying many people. The police officials must focus to stop the crimes as the criminals are adopting more sophisticated methods usinng modern technology”.
Martial Arts trainer N Ravindra Chary felt that with the increasing crime rate and inadequate police force, the people must learn self-defense. Martial arts and self-defense training programmes must be organised from school-level and to women, so that they can learn to protect themselves, he said.
A police officer, on condition of anonymity, said shortage of professionally skilled personnel in the police department to detect crimes is a reason for the increasing crime rate. “Besides the criminals very well know that they can get bail easily even if they are caught. We cannot use our traditional methods of investigation, he added.
He further said that people are also to be blamed for not taking proper security and safety measures to protect themselves. “We have requested the public to install CCTV cameras, which does not cost much. Besides, the tri-cities Hanamkonda, Kazipet and Warangal are fast growing and the floating population is increasing with each day. Nevertheless, we are taking all steps and measures to reduce the crime,” he added.
By Puli Sharath Kumar
