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The post-conflict Trojan horseFigure 11.1: Region-wise concentration of crime per monthSource: Designed by the authors as per Dhungana (2009)In contrary to the financially and socially low class people, who aremanipulated to be involved in crimes, the well-off criminals have thestrong linkages with security administration. Thus, they hide theirmalevolence easily. Most of the times, the murder cases in the high-classfamily go unreported because of the power link with the security officials.Or, it might be that they have the capacity to hide crimes in terms ofmonetary influence. However, the series of criminal events in the capitalshows manipulation of people as one of the effective tools of committingcrimes.If we calculate on the basis of Dhungana (2009), there are, on an average,nine criminal incidents taking place in Kathmandu per day. It means thatthere is possibility of a newer crime between every interval of two hours.The legal case goes on, also with the matter of investigation, prosecution,impunity or punishment every hour. In Nepal, there is the responsibility of666 people for each police on an average (ibid). In this sense, the logic forreinforcement with new police recruitments also appears valid.Showing no signs of downfall, the use of illegal drug is rocketing day byday. This seems to be a global tragedy of the police in every country. Inthe same regard, Guragain (2009) argues that not merely Nepal but no222