Rising crime in focus as Manesar industry owners demand CCTVs

› After the (May 29) gangrape, the police and HSIIDC held a meeting with industry owners and decided to install CCTVs at all entry exit points.

MANOJ TYAGI, general secretary, IMT Manesar Industrial Association

GURGAON: Law and order has yet again emerged as a major concern for industry owners in Manes ar following burglary in Sector 8 on Saturday. The incident triggered panic among industry owners in the area.

The daylight heist at a Korean auto company was fifth major incident of crime since May in the area, with the previous four being gang rape, one abduction and two robbery cases. These incidents have left the industry community fearing for its safety and has posed a threat to the government’ s commitment to ensuring ease of doing business in the state. The commitment was made by none other than chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Manoj Tyagi, general secretary, IMT Manesar Industrial Association, said, “Since June, three-four incidents have taken place here in Manesar. After the gang rape, the police and Haryana state industry and infrastructure development corpora ti on (Hsiidc) held a meeting with industry owners and decided to install CCTV cameras at all entry exit points and also erect boundary walls. Criminals abducted a factory owner at gunpoint a week back and on Saturday miscreants looted a factory. All these incidents took place after a second police station came up in Manesar six months ago. We want CCTV cameras to be installed urgently.”

According to industry owners, CCTV was one of the key security measures proposed after a 19-year-old woman was gangraped and her infant daughter killed in Manes ar on May 29. The police arrested three accused in the case.

IMT requires comprehensive security measures focusing on preventive plans and risk assessment which include strict vigilance, patrolling and active mechanism .“At the last meeting with the police, we proposed verification of employees, tenants, registration plate son auto- rickshaw s as measures to boost security in the area. But sadly, nothing has been done ,” Sunil Singh Pan war, an industry owner, said.

“Every department should work as one in this direction. Otherwise, industries will have to bear an adverse impact of the deteriorating law and order situation. There are lot of other problems that industry owners here are grappling with, but security is of paramount importance ,” Panwar said.