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2013 A Year of Crime Murders, Rapes and Kidnappings in Himachal

95 murders, 227 rapes, 330 kidnapping cases, 765 theft cases, 806 breaching cases and 10 cases of dacaoity were reported in 2013 in Himachal

Devender Verma

The past year did not proved to be a peaceful year for Himachal. The hill state that once was synonym for peace and tranquility witnessed numerous criminal activities on the lines of one witness only in metropolitan cities. The state police failed to mark a full stop on murders, rape, kidnapping and theft cases even in 2013. Blood kept spilling and dignity of women too was compromised throughout the year in Himachal. On an average, one murder was reported every week and on every third day, incidents of kidnapping and rape of women were reported in Himachal. In total, 95 murders, 227 rapes, 330 kidnapping cases, 765 theft cases, 806 breaching cases and 10 cases of dacaoity were reported in eleven months in Himachal. However, the news of relief is that the crime rate has reduced a little bit as compared to previous year. Two percent of decrease in crime rate was reported in 2013 as compared to 2012 in Himachal. Kangra, Shimla, Mandi and Una districts were on the top of the crime list in 2012 and they maintained the same status in 2013 too.

Blood Stained Year

95 murders were reported in eleven months of 2013 in Himachal. Kangra was at the top of list as far as murder cases are concerned followed by Shimla, Una at the second position. Maximum 25 murders were reported in Kangra district, 10 each in Shimla and Una, nine in Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) area, eight in Mandi, six each in Hamirpur, Kullu and Sirmaur, five each in Chamba and Solan, four in Bilaspur and one murder case was reported in Lahaul and Spiti. Kinnaur is the only district of Himachal where no murder case was reported in 2013. But 2013 could not be termed as bad, as 12 less murder cases were reported in 2013 as compared to 2012.

Kangra, Shimla Most Blood Thirsty

District         No. of Murders     Reported

Kangra           25

Shimla           10

Una               10

BBN               09

Rapes Shocked Himachal

The rape incident with Nirbhaya in Delhi shocked the whole country with Delhi government facing the heat for the same in recently conducted elections. The year did not prove much safer for the women of hill state too. 227 rape cases were reported in different parts of Himachal in eleven months of 2013. Kangra proved to be most unsafe for women in Himachal, as maximum 31 rape cases were reported here. Mandi followed Kangra with 27 rape cases, 25 each rape cases were reported in Una and Kullu, 24 in Sirmaur, 15 in Solan, 12 in Bilaspur, five in Police District Baddi, 16 in Chamba, 11 in Hamirpur, six in Kinnaur and one such case was reported in CID wing of state police.

Kangra Most Unsafe for Women

District       No. of Rape
Cases Reported

Kangra        31

Mandi         27

Una            25

Kullu           25

Kidnapping Added to the Worries

Kidnapping incidents too added to the worries of Himachalies. A total of 330 incidents of kidnapping were reported throughout Himachal. Kangra and Shimla were at the first and second position with 58 and 49 kidnapping cases reported in Kangra and Shimla respectively. Bilaspur was at third position in this list with 48 kidnapping cases reported here followed by 14 in Chamba, 21 in BBN, 28 in Kullu, 14 each in Solan and Hamirpur, 23 in Una, 17 in Sirmaur, 40 in Mandi, three in Kinnaur and one such case was reported in Lahaul and Spiti. A sharp increase in kidnappings was reported with 162 more kidnapping cases reported in 2013 as compared to 2012.

Kangra Tops the List

District       No. of Kidnapping

                  Cases Reported

Kangra         58

Shimla         49

Bilaspur       48

Dacaoity too Reported

The new entry in the crime list of Himachal was dacaoity cases. Ten dacaoity and 12 robbing cases were reported in Himachal in 2013. Two dacaoity cases each were reported in Shimla and Kullu one each in BBN, Bilaspur, Mandi, Sirmaur, Solan and Railway and Traffic Police.

Thieves Kept Cops Busy

The astute thieves kept the cops busy throughout the year. Breaching and theft cases terrified not only masses but disturbed police equally. A total of 806 breaching and 765 theft cases were reported in 2013. Shimla was most terrified by the thieves in 2013.

Year of Atrocities for Women

The year 2013 was the year of atrocities for the women of Himachal. 26 women were murdered, 227 were raped, 273 were kidnapped, 458 suffered eve teasing, 80 were forced to commit suicide, 300 suffered domestic violence, 11 were victims of chain snatching incidents and three cases of women trafficking were too reported in 2013 in Himachal.