INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: Marking 2020 as a violence-free year for law and order, Director General of Police (DGP) M
Mahendar Reddy said on Wednesday that there was a decrease of 6 per cent in crime overall in the state.The number of murders fell by 8.59
per cent, property crime 21 per cent, dacoities 28 per cent, robberies 33 per cent and burglaries 17 per cent, ordinary thefts 22 per cent
The conviction rate had increased remarkably at 48.5 per cent compared to 29.4 per cent last year.The police secured four death penalties in
crucial cases in 2020 as a result of quality investigation and witness protection mechanisms, Mahendar Reddy said
The state police have registered 35,000 cases and filed chargesheets in the last one year.Crimes against women have reduced by 1.92 per cent
while white collar offences by 42 per cent
Road accidents reduced by about 14 per cent while deaths due to road accidents came down by nine per cent and injuries by 17 per cent,"
worked towards the goal of crime-free, Maoist-free Telangana, though Maoists from Chhattisgarh have attempted to enter and set up bases in
the state.According to the DGP, there were 11 incidents of exchange of fire with the Maoists, resulting in the death of 11
Maoists/Naxalites; another 135 Maoists had been arrested of which two were state committee members and 4four district committee members
21.8%2019: 21,5702020: 16,866Deaths2019: 6,9642020: 5,821Injured2019: 21,9992020: 16,591Compound fees imposed -2019: Rs.414 crore2020:
