CULPRITS WILL NOT BE SPARED, SAID HOME MINISTER
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Haryana Home Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that the investigation into the murder case of Indian National Lok Dal President and former MLA Shri Nafe Singh Rathee will be conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He said that those responsible for this murder will not be spared.
Sh. Vij was responding to Adjournment Motion brought during the budget session in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.
Expressing grief over this incident, the Home Minister said that if the satisfaction of the house is through the CBI investigation, then the investigation into this murder case will be done through CBI only. Sh. Vij said that this is a very unfortunate incident and Nafe Singh Rathee was with him as a legislator in 1996 and 2000, and Nafe Singh was also his good friend.
FIR has been filed against political people by the nephew of Nafe Singh Rathee – Vij
Sh. Vij said that as soon as he was informed about this murder, he immediately spoke to the Director-General of Police, Jhajjar's SP, and the STF Chief and handed over the investigation of this case to the STF Chief. He said that the state police is thoroughly investigating the case but currently he cannot share modules of the investigation. The Home Minister said that an FIR has been lodged against political people by the nephew of Nafe Singh Rathee.
In response to questions raised by the opposition in the assembly regarding the security demanded by Nafe Singh Rathee, the Home Minister said that "it is true that Nafe Singh Rathee ji had demanded security and handed over a letter to the SP, Jhajjar in this regard on July 14, 2022, and a case was registered in this regard. After that, the police investigated the threats they were receiving, and in the investigation, it was found that a person from Kolkata was threatening Nafe Singh ji over the phone, who was caught." In addition, Sh. Vij said that no letter has come to his office regarding this matter; He said that if such a letter had come and no action was taken, then it was not possible.
The Home Minister shared information about the crime statistics in the house, saying that there were 784 murder cases in 2005, which increased to 1106 in 2014. Similarly, there were 88 dacoity cases in 2005, which increased to 172 in 2014. Robbery was 390 in 2005, which increased to 874 in 2014. Snatching cases were 461 in 2005, which increased to 1166 in 2014. Rape cases were 461 in 2005, which increased to 1174 in 2014. Crimes against women were 380 in 2005, which increased to 1680 in 2014. Kidnapping minors was 492 in 2005, which increased to 3082 in 2014. Attempted murder was 513 in 2005, which increased to 783 in 2014. Dowry deaths were 212 in 2005, which increased to 293 in 2014. Responding to the opposition, Sh. Vij said that we have worked to improve these statistics significantly.
Similarly, he mentioned about the detection rate stating that the murder case has a detection rate of 90.90 percent, kidnapping 87 percent, dacoity 89 percent, robbery 78 percent, molestation 98.30 percent, rape 99.70 percent, dowry death 100 percent, dowry harassment 99 percent, and women abduction 99 percent. He said that the STF has been formed to catch gangs, and in 2022, 473 gangs were caught, and in 2023, 466 gangs were caught. He said that in 2022, more than Rs. 18.12 crore were recovered from these gangs, and in 2023, Rs. 14.89 crore were recovered from these gangs in 2023. Similarly, in 2022, 354 most wanted criminals were arrested, and in 2023, 436 most wanted criminals were arrested.
Sh. Anil Vij further commends the police working system, stating that recently there was a case of Maturam, and we caught all the criminals involved in this case. He said that the state police are working day and night risking their lives and the case of Nafe Singh Rathee's murder has also been handed over to the STF, and soon culprit will be behind the bars.