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Crime rate declined 3.75 pc in first half of 2020 in Haryana: DGP

Chandigarh, Jul 9 (UNI) Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava on Thursday said the number of heinous crimes, including murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, robbery, kidnapping for ransom in Haryana, declined 3.75 per cent in the first half of 2020.
A total of 49,978 cases under IPC were reported between January and June 2020 as against 51928 cases during the corresponding period of 2019, he said, adding that as many as 84.63 per cent cases of murder, 100 per cent of culpable homicide, 91.75 per cent of attempt to murder, 97.66 per cent of hurt and 83.59 per cent of kidnapping/abduction were successfully worked out in first six months of 2020.
Mr Yadava said that in overall terms, the crime against persons went down by 4.06 per cent during this period. The number of murder cases between January and June went down to 488 as compared to 590 in 2019, a dip of 17.28 per cent. However, the cases of attempt to murder also went down just by 18 cases, from 467 to 449 during the same period.
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