madurai madurai city police have registered 43 murder cases so far this year with a week still left for the year to come to a close an increase of two from last years 41 cases despite various efforts taken by the city police the number could not be brought down to below 40 in fact the city has been witnessing an average of about 40 murders in the past few years city police commissioner s davidson devasirvatham said the police have managed to bring down other crimes such as snatching robbery and burglary incidents significantly he said the number of murders will come down further by two cases as they were initially registered as murder cases but are to be altered to other appropriate sections as inquiries revealed that they were not murder incidents just like last year police officers and personnel who were appreciated for their good work will be shortlisted and given award this year too to motivate them he said a higher official from the city police said that efforts like executing bonds under crpc sections to prevent criminals from committing crime again visible policing and increasing police patrol are being taken up cases are registered without delay to deter the criminals and these are followed up to make sure they conclude with conviction to the accused in the court of lawmost of the murders that took place in the city were due to sudden provocation and revenge murders while gang rivalry cases have come down there were also quite a few murders due to family disputes and extramarital relationships he added officials said that most of the murder incidents were recorded within tallakulam avaniyapuram koodalpudur and ss colony limits following police intervention the frequency of murders came down in avaniyapuram in fact there were no murders for three successive months till november 20 when a milk vendor was hacked to death by a gang in front of his parents at his house in mela anupanadi