Uttarakhand

• 06 Jan 2024

86% Crimes Under IPC in 2023 Solved

Why in News?

According to the state Director General of Police (DGP), Uttarakhand reported a total of 15,797 crimes under the Indian Penal Code in 2023, which is 752 cases less as compared to 2022 in which 16,549 cases were reported.

Note

• Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the official criminal code of India drafted in 1860 in the wake of the first law commission established in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833.

Key Points

• In 2023, police solved 86% of the total cases, while taking action against 61% of the total accused involved in the crimes.
• A total of 432 wanted criminals on the run were arrested in 2023.
• The state police took action against 30 criminals under the Gangster Act, 1986 and seized their illegally accumulated properties worth Rs 186 crore.
• Apart from this, appropriate legal action was also taken against 262 criminals under the Goondas Act, 1982 in 2022.
• In 2023, a total 1,649 people were arrested for drug trafficking and drugs worth Rs 27 crore were seized.
• The fire unit of the Uttarakhand police addressed a total 1,381 accidents in which 318 human lives and properties worth Rs 121 crore were saved.
• Police collected Rs 37 crore as fines imposed after issuing a total 6.7 lakh challans on vehicles for various violations.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Residential School

Why in News?

On 1st January 2024, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the building of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Residential Hostel in Kaulagarh, Dehradun.

Key Points

• The foundation stone of this building was laid by CM Dhami last year, which was built at a cost of Rs 4,09,40,000.
  • The residential hostel and stock of the facilities being provided to the children in the hostel were inspected.
  • The officials of the Education Department were instructed to provide better-quality resources to the children in the hostels.
  • Residential arrangements have been made for 100 children in the hostel.
• On this occasion, CM announced that the hostels opened in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, built for the education of daughters of weaker, deprived, and resourceless sections and 11 schools adjacent to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose hostel will be upgraded to the intermediate level.
• 13 such hostels are running in the state for the education of weak, backward, orphan, and resource-less children, in which free arrangements have been made for 1000 children.
• 40 Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls Hostels are being run separately for girls, in all facilities are being provided free of cost.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

• He was a fierce nationalist, whose defiant patriotism made him one of the greatest freedom fighters in Indian history.
• He was born on 23rd January 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa Division, Bengal Province.
  • His Jayanti is celebrated as 'Parakram Diwas'.
• He was credited with setting up the Indian Army as a separate entity from the British Indian Army - which helped to propel the freedom struggle.