Gurugram, April 6 -- The lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic has checkmated habitual offenders and criminals , Gurugram police said, citing data that points to a drastic fall in most categories of crime.
The crime rate in Gurugram dropped by 57 per cent since March 25 when restrictions were in place to prevent the COVID-19 spread as compared to the same period last year, the police said on Saturday.
According to the data shared by the police, a total of 171 cases of crime have been registered from March 25 to 31, 2020 as against 396 cases during the same period last year. These cases include murders, thefts and snatching, among others.
The data showed that in 2020, 14 cases of crime against person (murder, abetment to suicide, assa...