Taking cognisance of increasing number of robberies and crime against women, in the State capital a review meeting of crime branch officials headed by Superintendent of Police Headquarters Dharmveer Yadav was held at the police control room on Wednesday.

SP Yadav said that 20 teams of crime branch would be formed which would be conducting surprise raids at different places of the state capital and check anti-social elements and suspects involved in robberies and other crimes.

The teams would conduct visits at parks, markets, public places and crowded places to check robberies and crime against woman. If a team could conduct raid at 10 places around 200 spots would be covered by team and this would be done on regular basis.

He further said that these steps would act at deterrent for criminals as policing would become more visible instilling fear in criminals of crimes.

After the rise in the robberies in the state capital in the past few days police have steps to curb increasing robberies and for this SP Yadav said that around 200 miscreants who were involved in robberies in the past and are released after serving jail or on bail would be located and their movements would be tracked which could help in curbing the increasing number of robberies and solving these cases.

All police stations have been informed and suspects involved in anti-social activities would be detained and quizzed. The whole exercise is targeted at curbing and prevention of robberies which are on rise in the state capital.