Effective steps are being taken to eradicate gangsters from Haryana and control the drug menace, the state police said on Monday.Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk also said the number of crimes against individuals in the state went down by 1.32 per cent in May as compared to the corresponding period last year."During this period, the number of crimes against persons dropped down to 3022, which is 1.32 per cent lower than the 2018 figure of 3062," he noted in a release.Virk said, "Similarly, the state recorded a total of 3013 incidents of crimes against property in May 2019, which is 3.78 per cent less as compared to the 3127 incidents in the corresponding period the previous year."The number of kidnapping and abduction incidents decreased to 362 in May from 542 in the same period in 2018, attempt to murder to 81 from 101, culpable homicide to three from eight, abetment to suicide to 60 from 69, criminal intimidation to 271 from 284, thefts to ...
