New Delhi: Sending two robbers to jail, a Delhi court has expressed concern over the security and safety of the public due to a spurt in crime and underlined the need to take urgent steps to rectify this.
“The deteriorating law and order problem of the city is a matter of serious concern and immediate steps are required to be taken at all levels for ensuring security and safety of the citizens,” said Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau in a recent order.
The court also observed that the city had experienced a spurt in the incidents of snatching, robbery, dacoity, murder and other kinds of crime in the recent past.
Lau said that 48,161 cases were registered in the year 2010. Among them 1,596 cases were of chain snatching, 567 cases were of looting and 318 cases were of dacoity. Use of deadly weapons by criminals while committing crime has spread terror in society and adversely affected the social order and shaken people’s faith in the administration. (IANS)
