The number of murders in the state went up from 803 in 2006 to 822 in the year 2007. Ranjeev Dalal, Director General of Police, Haryana claimed that 82 per cent of these cases had been cracked. According to police records, maximum number of murders, 87, took place in Faridabad district. As many as 81 murders had taken place in the NCR district in 2006.

Gurgaon, also in the NCR, was placed second with 83 murders. It had a high of 89 murders in the year 2006. As many as 64 murder cases occurred in Sonepat district compared to 68 in the previous year. Bhiwani district followed with 59 murders. In 2006 it had registered 43 murders.

Other districts with more murders were Jhajjar - 52, Karnal - 50 and Ambala - 37. The least number of murder took place in Panchkula - 16, followed by Rewari - 18 and Hisar - 23. Interestingly Hisar had a high of 55 murders in the year 2006. Rewari too showed an improvement with 18 murders in 2007 compared to 31 in the previous year.

According to the police, 28 per cent of murders had resulted from sudden provocation, while 16 per cent were due to personal enmity. As many as 12 per cent murders took place due to domestic violence and 8 per cent because of land disputes, while 7 per cent occurred was due to illicit relationship. Dalal claimed that because of better police management, rape cases had gone down in the year 2007, as compared to 2006. “There were 106 less rape cases in the state in 2007 compared to the previous year,’’ said Dalal.