It seems the law and order situation in the silk city is deteriorating fast. According to information available, two chain snatching cases occurred in the city’s most posh locality Gandhinagar 3rd Lane Extension (West) on Wednesday and Thursday.
According to information available, on Thursday early morning two unidentified youths came in motor bike and reportedly asked a house wife, who did not wish to be identified, to come down on the pretext of some urgent message and when the lady came down, the miscreants, taking advantage of the loneliness, snatched her gold chain and other ornaments and decamped. The residents of Gandhinagar led by the BJD Corporator of BeMC Ranjit Pattnaik alleged police inaction resulting in a spurt in different crimes including the chain snatching. According to reports, Gandhinagar area is now under the command of some criminals. Eve teasing, snatching, loot and organized attacks are a common things. Thousands of students read in different private institutions and employees working in private firms from outside the district and the State are staying on rent in the Gandhinagar area. The owners without verification of their antecedents let them stay in their houses. Besides, there are many unauthorized hostels or messes for students. There is a public perception that, police need to prepare a database of such outsiders and study their antecedents.
The residents also demanded through their memorandum that, the police should intensify patrolling, especially in the morning from 5 am to 7.30 am and in evening from 6 pm to 9 pm, checking over-speeding and rash and drunken driving.
Similarly, drunken youths loiter in Gandhinagar Chhak, Sai Complex- Gandinagar Road and the approaching road to Gandhinaagr 3rd Line Extension (West) road, creating nuisance. The police must take action against such people.
It may be recalled here that the Sadar police had busted a major chain-snatching racket and arrested four looters involved in a series of snatching cases and produced them before court two months back, who were later released from jail.