More than a crime-free Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was now in all praise for the changing mindset of the police in dealing with criminals. Nitish promised a crime-free state within three months after he had assumed power in November,2005.
The said observation by him came in the wake of the growing cases of kidnappings and murders in past few weeks and the related declining number of convictions of criminals in April this year.
Talking to the media here, Nitish pointed out nobody in the world should expect a 100 per cent success by the police leading to a crime-free society.
Faced with a severe criticism from the opposition over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state against his promised good governance, Nitish claimed most of the criminal cases were found to be related to personal enmity.
Both leader of Opposition Rabri Devi and state Congress chief Sadanand Singh charged Nitish with failing to keep his promise to make Bihar a crime-free state.
However,what was reportedly worrying the ruling NDA more was that even speedy trials through fast track courts, which saw a record conviction of 1,234 people in December last and over 800 in March this year even failed to act as a deterrent for the criminals.
(Source- Tribune India, 02/05/07)
