To check the response time of the police, a mock robbery was staged on the monday afternoon in the Taliya police station area.
The Superintendent of Police Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena told that around 3.45 pm the news of robbery worth Rs 2.5 lakh was circulated in the city police stations, check-posts and police mobile vans.
The whole department swung into action and the persons posing as miscreants were caught at four different places in the city.The conditions were set according to a robbery, a black motorbike bearing a distorted registration number plate and two persons in the age group of 25-30 years were chosen for the mock robbery, he added.
As many as 60 points were marked in the city in which 24 points were static and 36 were mobile check points. Saxena claimed that during the mock drill many things emerged which were encouraging. The response time was good as the police personnel took around 10-12 minutes. Few Station House Officers were seen actively involved in nabbing the miscreants.
The offenders were nabbed at four places Taliya, Mangalwara, Karabala and lalghati. Along with the police, the response of citizens was great as few followed the posing miscreant and one held one of the latter successfully.
Places which could provide easy escape for the miscreants were studied but were not clogged. The active police personnel checked these easy escape routes which was pleasing.