Continuing its effort to hold free and fair State Assembly elections, due November 25 next month, Bhopal police have served around 800 arrest warrants against habitual offenders and externed criminals since the model code of conduct has been enforced by the State Election Commission.
Meanwhile, the police have also started taking action against absconding accused and those accused who skipped the court hearing after granting bail would be served arrest warrant. Police sources said Miscellaneous Judicial Case (MJC) would be filed against individuals who have given surety for criminals but are absconding for long and have been served arrest warrant.
Police are also taking stern action against those persons on whose guarantee the accused to moving free in the society. It said the prompt action against the absconding accused has shocked and surprised the surety. It said an action under Section 446 of CrPC has been taken against Mamoor Khan of Fanda village under Sehore district. A MJC has been filed in the district court against the surety given by Kailash of Dohara for Roshan Khan of Sehore. Action under Section 446 of CrPC has been taken against lokesh Yadav who had given surety for Danish alias Ismail Khan of Saeed Nagar.
Meanwhile, police have so far seized at least `17.99 lakh unaccounted money from five people at different places of the city. The highest amount of money was recovered from Hanumanganj which was around `11 lakh.