Hyderabad: Areas like Kukatpally, LB Nagar, Vanasthalipuram and surrounding areas were once preferred by employees, but the same residents are now worried about the increased crime rates in these areas.
Madhapur and LB Nagar zones, which include Kukatpally, Kukatpally Housing Board, LB Nagar, Vanasthalipuram and Saroornagar, now top the crime charts under Cyberabad limits. Property offences in these areas are a major concern for locals as well as officials.
Figures thrown up by crime mapping, through which officials analyse the crime in their limits, indicate that out of 44 police stations under Cyberabad limits, the focus is almost entirely on LB Nagar and Madhapur zones.
As per the crime mapping of two months, KPHB alone has 85 cases, out of which, 61 are property offences like house burglaries, thefts, chain snatchings, automobile thefts etc. Saroornagar recorded 61 cases 55 of which are property offences Vanasthalipuram with 56, Chaitanyapuri 52 and Hayatnagar with 52 cases.
The crime mapping shows that robberies, automobile thefts, house break-ins and chain snatchings are higher in these areas.
“In Kukatpally, where a higher number of employees, including software professionals, reside, homes are often locked as the residents leave for work. This attracts offenders and more house break-in cases are reported here,” said a police official.
He added, “Places like LB Nagar, Saroornagar and Vanasthalipuram are on the outskirts and offenders can easily escape to other districts.”
Moreover Cyberabad, which covers a huge area, has sheltered many criminals since several years.
During the cordon and search of Vanasthalipuram alone, 56 motorcycles, 48 autorickshaws and one car were recovered along with two HB offenders, one rowdy sheeter, and 35 suspects.
“We are now concentrating more on areas where the crime rate is reported more by crime mapping,” said additional deputy commissioner of police, B. Srinivas Reddy.
He added that more patrolling by beat constables, Rakshaks and crime teams have been initiated in these areas. “Earlier, we didn’t have adequate crime teams, now inspectors are allotted, crimes teams have been increased, and compared to last year, fewer offences have been reported,” said the additional DCP.
Meanwhile, locals in these areas allege that patrolling is very less and cops do not concentrate on inside colonies, which is the reason for criminals easily committing offences in these areas.
