In an editorial for the India Daily, here, the leader writer said that authorities are hard pressed to work out why crime levels are on the up, but seem keen on blaming western extravagance. Although Delhi is still the country’s crime capital, that can be clearly linked to poverty, but the people who pontificate about such things can’t explain a 42 per cent crime surge in the the swanky regions in the computer belt.
Per capita income in Bangalore is similar to cities in America and Europe. The number of affluent middleclass is increasing 27% every year, but so apparently is crime.
It seems that in Hyderabad and Bangalore the crime is not centered on the wealthy areas, it is sky-rocketing in the rural surrounding areas. Between 2001 and 2003, Hyderabad recorded a 71 per cent increase in crimes including murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and bomb attacks.
