Director General (Law and Order) Ashok Kumar reviewed the reports till December 15, of an ongoing campaign that is being conducted in the State for catching the known gangs, absconding criminals, prize criminals, organised criminals.
In addition to that grinding at important places for CCTV cameras has also being conducted since November 1. For effective results he ordered to campaign to continue till January 21, 2020. According to the information provided by the Police Headquarters (PHQ), total 42 gangs are registered in the State. Among the total 330 identified gang members of these 42 active gangs at least 56 have died, 130 members are still active while 144 are not active and 75 are in doing their time in prison.
For the whereabouts of rest members investigation is still ongoing. During the campaign total seven gangs were deleted from the lost and the surveillance of their 52 members have been stopped. The procedure for registering new gangs has also been initiated.
During the campaign total 8390 absconding criminals were arrested and sent to jail, procedure of attachment of property was initiated against 38 and prize was declared on the arresting of 51 accused.
In addition to that total 34 prized criminals were arrested during the campaign as well. During the campaign till December 15, total 1,207 CCTV cameras have been installed. The installation procedure is still ongoing.