Hyderabad; July 3 ( PMI ): Considered as the biggest commissionerate in the country in terms of area-wise jurisdiction, the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate has completed five years successfully in tackling crime, ensuring law and order and reaching out to the citizens in distress. The commissionerate also boasts of a conviction rate of 58 per cent in grave cases, the highest in the State.
The commissionerate, which started functioning on July 1, 2016, covers urban and rural areas of Ranga Reddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Yadadri-Bhongir districts with over 48 lakh population. The journey of the commissionerate started at a time when it had no permanent building and had to tackle several issues while ensuring peace and safety of citizens in rural areas of its jurisdiction, a bustling IT corridor.
In the last five years, due to the efforts of the police, death sentence was secured in two cases and life imprisonment in 50 cases. Rachakonda Commissionerate stood first with 34 per cent conviction rate. Of the 823 cases, convictions were secured in 278 cases.