LAW AND ORDER

INCIDENT OF CRIMES :

Year	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Murder And Culpable	30	32	34	50	31	43
Dacoity	1	2	2	5	3	2
Robbery	8	20	12	24	28	23
Burglary And Theft	300	331	281	356	329	238
Cattle Theft	6	9	6	10	7	7
Cheating	68	52	34	57	58	52
Rioting	19	45	56	69	88	59
Kidnapping	9	18	14	11	21	13
Sex Crimes	16	5	21	15	16	16
Excise Act	1634	2384	4089	2043	900	669
Arms Act	59	78	57	87	53	41
Opium Act	107	68	72	64	60	70
Gambling	84	59	66	148	97	93

POLICE :
Nothing much is known about the police administration in the erstwhile princely state of Jind. A kotwali is known to have been established at Jind in the middle of the 19th century. There was a thana at Safidon and chowki at Lajwana Kalan(transferred to Zafargarh in 1854). Narwana tehsil which was a part of erstwhile princely state of Patiala had a thana at Narwana. The system of watch and ward known as the thikar was prevalent. In 1904 there were police stations at Jind, Safidon and Narwana and a police out post at Zafargarh. There were village chowkidars in almost all villages.

The district police is headed by the Superintendent of Police under the Hisar Police range. At the village level, chowkidars help the police. The tehsilwise police stations are given below:-

Tehsil	Number and Names of Police Stations
Jind	3 Jind city, Sadar Jind & Alewa
Safidon	2 Safidon, P-Khera.
Narwana	4 Narwana City, Narwana Sadar, Uchana, Garhi
Julana	1 Julana

The strength of Police Force during 2000 is given below:-

Supdt. Of Police	1
Asst. Supdt. Of Police	1
DSP	5
Inspectors	9
ADA	1
S.I	34
A.S.I	81
Head Constables	151
Constables	865

The civil police is detailed for duty at the police stations/police posts. Each police station is under the charge of police officer known as Station House Officer assisted by one or more officer, a head constable and constables depending upon the load of work. The Station House Officer maintains law and order and investigates offences occurring within his jurisdictions. The village chowkidar is responsible for reporting crimes in his village. The district armed reserves are kept in the police lines, Jind for utilising during emergency that may arise in connection with the maintenance of law and order:

However, Haryana Armed police contigents are deployed for the protection of vulnerable points in district. The railway police in the district functions under the Assistant Inspector-General, Government Railway police and Traffic, Ambala Cantt, and is entrusted with the duty of preventing crimes on the railway lines and railway stations. There is one railway police station at Jind and a railway police outpost at Narwana. Radio wireless sets have been provided at all the police stations.

HOME GUARDS:

Home Guards known as voluntary force was first organised in the district in 1960 to meet eventualities of law and order, civil defence, fire, natural disasters and internal security. The overall charges of the Home Gurards in the district is with the District Commandant, Jind.

Last Revised On 26/02/2001 Top of the Document

LAW AND ORDER

INCIDENT OF CRIMES :

3 Jind city, Sadar Jind & Alewa

Supdt. Of Police