Mysuru, Oct. 10 -- Expressing concern over alarming rise in street crimes in the city, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar accused the State Government of failing to curb heinous crimes in the home district of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Addressing the press meet at the BJP Office in Chamarajapuram here this morning, Yaduveer said that a couple of heinous crimes occurring back to back in the city within a couple of days - firstly the brazen murder of a 38-year-old man in broad daylight near the busy Dasara Expo Grounds and secondly, the heinous rape and murder of a minor girl near the Dasara Exhibition - has rocked the city.

Maintaining that the city is becoming known for all the wrong reasons with the Mumbai Polic...