Police plan to weed out criminals before puja

Police plan to weed out criminals before puja


As part of its pre-puja crackdown on criminals and habitual offenders of the city, the Cuttack police have decided to execute all the pending arrest warrants to control crime in the city.

Sources informed that the city police have devised an action plan against the anti-social elements who have posed a challenge to the force for days. The city over the past few weeks had witnessed an upsurge in crimes related to extortions, intimidation over tender related contracts. But it would soon come back to normalcy, said a senior police official.

As part of the drive, the city police have prepared a list of active criminals of various anti-social groups and have launched a crackdown to arrest them and put them behind bars under long-term detention laws. "A hardcore criminal of the city was booked under NSA recently and a few are on the offing", said a senior police official.

The police are also systematically working on identifying the source of procurement of firearms and ammunition to the city. Several illegal firearms and live bullets have been seized from the city in recent days. "We are verifying the stock records of all licensed firearms and explosive shops in the city. Out of about 15 such shops here, we have completed stock verification of some and the exercise is on", the official added.

Each police station of the city has prepared a list of criminals of their respective areas and they would be soon cooling their heels behind the bars, the police officer added saying that the criminal activities in the city would be completely weeded out before the puja.

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