In response to the letter by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, LG VK Saxena writes: “Reviewing and monitoring the Delhi Police on a regular basis. Politicising crime has almost become a habit these days and this provides no solution at all. You and your Council of Ministers are indeed welcome to meet me for a meaningful discussion that leads to solutions rather than creating political opportunities for you and your party to exploit the Media gallery.”

In response to the letter by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over the alarming rise in crimes in the national capital, LG VK Saxena writes “Reviewing and monitoring the Delhi Police on a regular basis. Politicising crime has almost become a habit these days and this provides no solution… pic.twitter.com/XlXuCR2maI

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LG writes that most of the perpetrators of recent crime in Delhi are young people, below the age of 30, who does not have “any serious criminal antecedents and invariably had on active social media presence.” 

“In addition to these, crimes involving family and monetary dispute, as the recent incidents in Saket Court and Ambedkar Basti (R K Puram) show, are disproportionately on the rise. You would appreciate that while, policing certainly has a role in deterring such incidents, it used to be the social deterrent that prevented such unheard of incidents from taking place,” the letter read.

He further said “politicizing crime…does subject the victim and their family to avoidable agony, apart from encouraging crime”.  “In this regard, I am sure, that the issue of an unfortunate rape in 2012 raised by you to politically target the then Chief Minister, will serve as an eye opener and conscience knocker for you,” he said.