Brahmpur city seems to have become a safe haven for antisocial elements like looters, burglars and chain snatchers more because of police inaction.
According to information, a dozen of incidences, including seven house burglaries, have occurred in various parts of the city within a short span of three weeks, forcing people to spend sleepless nights.The city police’s all strategies like 24-hour patrolling, mobile tracking and mobile complaining have become futile against the looters and burglars’ tricks, alleged some locals.It has been reported that miscreants in most of the incidents have broken locked rooms and stolen away gold ornaments and other household valuables worth lakhs of rupees.
According to information, retired Executive Engineer Ramananda Pattnaik’s house at Basudev Nagar under the BN Pur police station, one Sanjib Sahu’s residence in the lochapada Bank Colony, lecturer Dr Debasish Swain’s house at the Ambapua Marutinagar area, one Trinath Sahu’s house in the Golapalli street under BN Pur police station and Manu Sabat’s house in the Mandiapalli Defense Colony have been looted at under the Chamakhandi police limits, Offenders have reportedly looted at different times from November 24.
Similarly, miscreants looted away cash, laptop and mobiles from a private company located at the Old Bus Stand, a few meters away from the Traffic outpost and the SDPO office, on December 4.In another incident, a girls’ hostel in the Shradhabali area was looted on three cell phones, gas cylinders and pen drives.
Even the looters don’t not spare train passengers. A passenger, Gyaneswar Rao, of the Salimar Express was looted of his suitcase containing Rs3 lakh gold ornaments at the railway station here on December 5 midnight. The GRP police have registered a case. “The PCR vans are moving on the main roads, not in streets and isolated places. looters are taking advantage of this and becoming success in their operations,” said a senior citizen.