INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
12 Criminal activities have actually reduced dramatically in Kathmandu Valley in the last 20 days as a result of the government-imposed
nationwide lockdown from March 24
A comparative data of 10 days from March 14 to March 23 (before the start of the lockdown) as well as the last 20 days of lockdown shows
that crime price has reduced by 86 percent during the lockdown
A study carried out by THT includes 12 kinds of crimes-- rape, murder, attempt to murder, substance abuse and trafficking, cyber crimes,
burglary, social offense, banking offence, black advertising, swindling, vehicular accidents and also kidnapping
Kathmandu valley had actually seen an overall of 10 rapes in 10 days prior to the lockdown, while there were just 3 reported instances of
rape during the 20- day lockdown duration
There was no record of murder throughout the lockdown while three murders were tape-recorded in the 10-day time-frame before the lockdown
In a similar way, only 5 situations of cyber crime and one burglary situation were
recorded in 20 days of lockdown contrasted to 18 cases of
cyber criminal offense as well as twenty situations of theft registered in the 10 days before the lockdown
A single person was detained on the cost of social offence during the lockdown while the number was 59 in the 10 days before the lockdown
The research study does not consist of lockdown violators
Self-destruction price, nonetheless, continued to be fixed throughout this duration.
Nepal police record reveals that typically a single
person commits suicide in Kathmandu Valley in a day
Throughout the 20 days lockdown, 18 individuals devoted self-destruction while 13 had actually committed suicide in the 10 days prior to the
The number of unintended fatalities such as drowning, falling and igniting have additionally stayed practically similar
A total amount of 45 individuals had actually satisfied unintentional deaths in the 20 days of lockdown, while 24 individuals encountered
unnatural death in the ten days prior to the lockdown
SSP Shyam Lal Gyawali, representative for Metropolitan Authorities Commissioner Office, Ranipokhari, said the criminal offense rate
decreased throughout the lockdown as people were shut inside their houses
& Restaurants and restaurants have actually been shut down and also night life in the city has actually come to a stop, which has
additionally added to decrease in the crime rate
Alcohol and also drug misuse are one of the most usual sources of physical violence in the city, & he added
A variation of this post shows up in e-paper on April 13, 2020 of The Himalayan Times
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