Cops solve a record number of cases fearing they will be sent on compulsory leave till they are successful

'Crack the case or go on leave'

Cops solve a record number of cases fearing they will be sent on compulsory leave till they are successful

This year seems to have been good for the city police in terms of detections, with them claiming to have cracked 202 murder cases out of the 213 reported this year.

Taking a strong note of unsolved murder cases, City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari had decided to send the inspectors on compulsory leave until they solved the cases in their respective jurisdictions.

This apparently proved effective, since the concerned officials were compelled to work harder on the cases, and could not make lame excuses. The neighbouring jurisdictional inspector was given charge of the vacant position, until the inspector returned successful.

"This would not only embarrass them, but force them to work day and night on the case to get positive results," said ACP (administration) U Nisar Ahmed.

Quick results
"With this, not only has a sense of discipline prevailed among officers but also murder cases started getting solved quickly," Bidari said.

For instance, an RT Nagar inspector who was sent on leave following the murder of Purushottam Lal Sachdev (71), a retired Indian Institute of Science professor, wife Rita, (62) and son Munna (35) on February 16, 2009.
Following the commissioner's directive, a police team trailed the accused to 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal, and stayed there in disguise for three months.

The police with the help of locals, kept a close watch on a school going daughter of the accused, waiting for her parents.

After several days, the police finally nabbed her parents Deepak (35) and Suchitra (28), who worked as maidservants at the family's house. The couple later confessed to have committed the triple murder.

"We managed to nab them because we have been working on the single case with lots of pressure from the higher-ups. This would not have been possible otherwise, as the officer was overburdened with many other cases everyday," an officer who was part of the investigation team said.

Factsheet 2010

Nature of crimeu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 Detectedu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 Solvedu00a0u00a0u00a0

Dacoityu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 55u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 33

Robberyu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 257u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 77

Chain snatchingu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0266u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 42

Murder attemptsu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 381u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 293

Kidnappingu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 u00a0434u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 167

Missingu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 4,422u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 2,778

* The detected number of crimes is larger, because after the cases were solved, many other unreported crimes were identified

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