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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 100 days of Yogi: Adityanath falters on law and order promise in Uttar Pradesh as crime spikes -Prashant Jha and Rajesh Kumar Singh

100 days of Yogi: Adityanath falters on law and order promise in Uttar Pradesh as crime spikes -Prashant Jha and Rajesh Kumar Singh

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published Published on Jun 26, 2017   modified Modified on Jun 26, 2017
-Hindustan Times

But the Uttar Pradesh government isn’t panicking yet, and believes it can get things under control with tough measures, including encounters.

Lucknow: A petrol pump owner looted; a trader murdered; jewellery shops robbed; a political leader killed; a constable shot; four members of a family -- including two girls -- hacked; a police sub-inspector beaten up; caste clashes erupt.

Glance through local newspapers of Uttar Pradesh, and the headlines would be enough to tell you that the Yogi Adityanath government -- celebrating its 100th day in office on Monday -- is struggling to keep up a promise that played a big role in its thumping election victory: Improving law and order -- an issue that makes and breaks governments in the state.

In these 100 days, Adityanath’s government admits that crime has spiked – it, however, is not panicking yet, believes it can get things under control, and is contemplating tough measures, including ‘encounters’. It wants to maintain order but visibly failed in Saharanpur - where Thakurs and Dalits were locked in violent clashes and tension persisted for weeks. The incident also revealed how the government would confront challenges from its own newly emboldened political constituents.

The spike in crimes

It is early morning. A district superintendent of police is getting late to work. He has to be in office by 9 am. There are strict instructions from Lucknow after all - be in district police headquarter through the day, visit one station every day. There are other circulars too- with one underlying message: Control crime. Yet, he - and many others in the police force -acknowledge crime has spiked. Why? Three broad explanations are being offered.

A top official says this is because the reporting of crimes has increased. “We are encouraging people to come to us. That is why you see an increase in numbers. This is part of improving law and order. Once action begins on them , you will see it serve as a deterrent.”

Another explanation is that this is a period of transition. Aditya Mishra, additional director general of police with direct charge of law and order, told HT: “After the formation of the new government, the police machinery was being overhauled. Criminal gangs are taking benefit of the change in the police set up.”

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Hindustan Times, 26 June, 2017, http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/100-days-of-yogi-adityanath-falters-to-keep-his-law-and-order-promise-in-uttar-pradesh/story-dec5NZBZTEY52J7kd2ap0L.html


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