Haryana Police, during the first half of 2020, have claimed to have busted 117 criminal gangs which were active in the state and suspected to be responsible for various heinous crimes like dacoity, robbery, burglary, theft among other crimes.
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Navdeep Singh Virk said that following directives issued by the Police Headquarters, all the field units including Special Task Force, intensified efforts to check the crime graph by sustained action against criminal gangs which had the desired results in putting various notorious and dreaded criminals behind bars.
Police have busted 117 dreaded criminal gangs including 3 involved in dacoity, 11 in robbery, 23 in burglary, 43 in theft and 37 others engaged in various other criminal activities in the state.
633 criminal cases have been successfully worked out with the arrest of 409 gang members between January and June 2020, he said. Apart from this, stolen properties worth Rs 346.80 lakh were also recovered from apprehended members, he added.
Speaking about recovery of illegal weapons, he said that a total of 625 pistols, 25 revolvers, 1296 cartridges and 37 knives have also been recovered during this period.