Trained to keep an eye on the activities of rowdies, indulging in eve-teasing, snatching and other petty offences, “Prahari Squads” of Gurugram Police have hit the city roads.
last year, around 60 motorbikes were obtained by the city police with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) support from Honda Scooter and Motorcycles, India for this purpose only. However, these bikes were lying unused in the police lines for the past few months due to the shortage of staff.
Gurugram Police recently got 1,000 personnel after they passed out of the state police training academy. New recruits have been deployed according to the strength in different police stations and the city traffic police.
“Fresh recruits have been posted with Prahari Squads. It was our long demand from the state government. We have got more personnel as a comparison with the other districts in the state. New cops will join city police stations, traffic wing and other police units in the city,” said ACP Manish Sehgal.
The total strength of the district police has now gone up 5,717.”For Prahari Squads we are planning to deploy 4 to 5 patrolling vehicles for each 35 police stations in Gurugram. Residents of Gurugram will feel safe with the presence of these squads,” Sehgal added.
Prahari Squads are stationed at main crossings and intersections and will remain in direct touch with the police control room. “The vehicles will be used for patrolling and official purposes. The two-wheelers will come equipped with sirens, flashlights, and other essential police accessories,” he added.
Further, around 60 Prahari Squads are has been deployed in the entire Gurugram district to offer immediate help to victims of petty offences like chain snatching and eve-teasing.
The squads will patrol on all city roads round-the-clock so that their striking visibility becomes a deterrent for chain snatchers, robbers and other criminals. The Prahari squads were also of great help to accident victims and senior citizens as well.
“The department will get around 50 bikes under the CSR support soon. Forty bikes will be presented by Honda and 10 will be given by Suzuki. This will also be included in the Prahari squads,” a senior official, said.
last year, a total of 136 snatching cases were reported while this year, around 174 snatching were registered till May.