As many as 267 cases of murder, 1,254 of loot and 59 of robbery were registered from the Ahmedabad city alone between June 2006 and May 2009. Of the total 860 culprits booked in the murder cases, 121 are still absconding.
State Home Minister Amit Shah said this in a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh in the Assembly on Monday. According to Shah, of the total 1,798 culprits involved in the 1,254 loot cases, 1,139 have been arrested. As many as 45 of the total 301 people involved in robbery cases are still at large.
The minister told the House that the police could not arrest the culprits booked in these crimes in the absence of their residential addresses. The police have intensified the search of the absconding persons.
In reply to another question by Kanjibhai Talpada of the Congress, the minister said that 191 cases of murder, rape, robbery and loot had taken place in Ahmedabad district in the last two years, with Daskroi taluka recording the highest number of murder cases (26), loot (40), robbery (11) and rape (six).
The police was able to achieve a breakthrough in 148 of the total 191 cases, while the remaining 43 cases still remain unsolved, he added.
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State Home Minister Amit Shah said this in a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh in the Assembly on Monday. According to Shah, of the total 1,798 culprits involved in the 1,254 loot cases, 1,139 have been arrested. As many as 45 of the total 301 people involved in robbery cases are still at large.
The minister told the House that the police could not arrest the culprits booked in these crimes in the absence of their residential addresses. The police have intensified the search of the absconding persons.
In reply to another question by Kanjibhai Talpada of the Congress, the minister said that 191 cases of murder, rape, robbery and loot had taken place in Ahmedabad district in the last two years, with Daskroi taluka recording the highest number of murder cases (26), loot (40), robbery (11) and rape (six).
The police was able to achieve a breakthrough in 148 of the total 191 cases, while the remaining 43 cases still remain unsolved, he added.
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