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Has the city become a criminal's haven?By ugesh sarkar, Section Environment
They thought they were buying the house of their dreams. But what residents did not anticipate when they bought property in Noida was the dismal law and order there.
At least four cases of snatchings and theft are reported daily in Noida. But the police claim they have registered only 52 such cases this year. Sample this: Shashi Sahni, a 38-year-old schoolteacher shifted to a Sector 61 flat from Maharani Bagh in Delhi in September. Seven days later, as she deboarded her school bus near her residence, two young, bike-borne men came and snatched her Rs 40,000-worth gold chain. Then, on October 20, Tanushree, the wife of Col. A. Prasad and a teacher at a prominent Delhi school, was waiting for her school bus just outside the gate of the Sector 34-situated Nar Vihar-II apartments, where she resides, when four men on two bikes cornered her. They then robbed her of her gold jewellery and mobile phone at knife point. Preeti Chhabria, a second-year postgraduate business management student of a reputed college in Noida was robbed at knife point of her laptop and a gold ring in the Sector 27 area while she was on her way to Sector 18 with her classmate in October. Source: India Today Has the city become a criminal's haven? Click On "Full Story" For More...
Murders are also frequent. On October 16, three artisans were found murdered under mysterious circumstances in Sector 99. A steel rod, a hammer and a chisel were found lying beside their bodies.
Noted high court lawyer and Sector 15 resident Amit Khemka says, "We have devised a common law and order board for the entire NCR, which could coordinate between the Haryana, Delhi and Noida Police. This would substantially improve the policing system in Noida." "The Noida Police also need to revamp their information systems in a technically equipped control room, which should be manned by senior officers of the rank of superintendent of police," Khemka adds. Social organisations in Noida have also proposed the formation of a special committee which will basically act as a watchdog over the police. "The government needs to facilitate the formation of a special committee if it wants to better the security situation in Noida. The committee will also act as a watchdog on the working of police," Sector 29 resident Vimal Swaroop says. "Noida gets a lot of revenue in the form of taxes. If a sizeable chunk of this is allotted to the police to strengthen their sources, the law and order situation will also improve drastically," Swaroop claims.
However, several attempts to contact SSP Ashok Kumar Singh failed.
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