Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta said that the accused of the dacoity at Chuna Bhatti would be nabbed at any cost. Gupta met the victim Anil Kumar Gaur at his residence in Krishna Society on Kolar Road, Chuna Bhatti here on Saturday.
He sought information about burglary at the house of Gaur. Gupta said that a police station will be opened at Chuna Bhatti soon. The Home Minister also informed the people present there about “Citizen Cop”. Gaur informed that the police had reached his house immediately after being informed. DIG Shriniwas Rao and SP Anshuman Singh were also present on the occasion.
Earlier a group of six armed men took away valuables from Gaur’s house on Friday and are still at large. On Friday, the Home Minister had inaugurated “Citizen Cop”, a unique initiative of involvement of common man in curbing of crimes by providing channels for the citizen to communicate information of crimes and criminals, in Bhopal. The four channels are mobile application, telephone, SMS and internet.
For mobile phone application ‘citizen cop’ and ‘Bhopal police’ could be downloaded free. Information on telephone number 2444-444 could be provided. For SMS information could be sent on 92009-92009. Bhopal police website provides link for citizen cop.