Assam : Kidnapping cases on the rise, whose failure is it?

Assam has increasingly witnessed a tremendous rise in kidnapping cases. Assam Police have recorded 19 abduction cases daily on an average between June last year till January this year. The records reflected the sharp trend in crime rates and decline in public security. During Congress's term, the average number of cases registered in the state every month was 1,450. But it has gone up to 2,589 on an average every month in the last seven months of the BJP government in the state. In comparison to an average of nine abduction cases registered daily between 2001 and May 2016,

On Monday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary informed the state secretariat, "Since 2001 to May 2016, some 46,461 kidnapping cases were registered in the state. But 4,101 abduction cases were registered in the last seven months."

Sources said the actual number might be even higher as not all abductions were reported to police because of lack of confidence in the administration. In a recent case, a 15-month-old child was kidnapped from the city. Police have rescued the child and the kidnapper has been arrested.

"Cases of at least 827 cases of murder, 974 loots, 9141 thefts, 114 dacoties, 26 cases of killing by militants, 1,294 rapes, 17 suicides and 97 dowry deaths were registered in the state in last seven months," the records revealed. About 1535 others died in road accidents during the period too.

– TNT News

With inputs from The Times of India