Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state’s crime rate has fallen by 30% this year compared to the previous year.
In response to the argument over Governor Jagadish Mukhi’s address in the ongoing budget session of the state legislative assembly, CM Sarma stated that the crime rate has fallen this year compared to the previous year.
“In comparison to the previous year, crime in the state has fallen by 30% this year.” In January 2021, a total of 8661 cases were reported to the state’s police stations, with the number of cases falling to 7706 in January of current year. In February 2021, the state had 8941 cases, which had fallen to 5425 in February this year, according to CM Sarma.
The decrease in crime rates demonstrates that police operations against criminals has been effective. A group of legislators and a few others tried to portray the police as exclusively being tough on Muslim offenders. That isn’t correct. The issue of religion is not raised. He claimed that when Hindus, tribal people, and Muslims are involved in crimes, the police take action against them.
“Police do not target any particular community.” We must trust the police if they shoot a drug vendor from a minority neighbourhood and claim that they fired while the peddler attempted to flee. “Police officers should also behave within the bounds of the law,” he added.
“Recently, a shooting incident occurred in Nagaon. The administration learned from public outcry that the people who were fired were not the appropriate people. In that circumstance, we took immediate action against the police,” the chief minister said.