Administration Report of the Police Department in Sind for 1932

Appendix l.—Statement showing the names of officers who have held charge of the office of D. 1. G. of Police for Sind and the offices of Superintendents Assistant Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents of Police 49 Appendix /I.—Statement showing the number of cognizable cases reported to the Police during the years 1930 1931 and 1932 52 Appendix III.—Statement showing the number of cases r [...] Inspector-General of Police for Sind and of the offices of the Superintendents of Police Assisants and Deputy Superintendents of Police in the several districts of the Province during the year 1932 are shown in the statement attached herewith as Appendix No. [...] Commenting upon the crime returns for the Hyderabad ditrict the District Magistrate writeIn spite of the general economic depression the inadquacy of the Police fol-ce and the prevalence of the Civil Disobedience movement there has been a welcome decrease in crime. [...] One of the reasons for the increase of crime in this area is its proximity to the Kalat State and the mountains and the creation of a highway for badmashes by the opening of the Khirthar Branch. [...] This is due not only to the failure of the public to realise their duty to report crime but in a very large measure also (1) to their lack of confidence in the detective capacity of the mofussil Police (2) to the lack of zeal in the Policemen to record the crime and (3) to the cost the reporting involves to the sufferer"4 without appreciable results.