The incidences of sensational robbery in jewellery shop in Saharanpur and shoot out in a court premises in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh has prompted the Haridwar police to be in an alert mode. On Monday, a notorious criminal Vicky Tyagi was shot dead when he was being brought to the court of Additional District Judge (ADJ) in Muzaffarnagar district.
Similarly the robbers looted a prominent jewellery shop in Saharanpur on Sunday. Since both the districts are in the neighbourhood of Haridwar district the police are taking extra precaution. On Tuesday, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sweety Agarwal gave orders to the senior police officers to ensure adequate security cover to the undertrials. She said that the notorious criminals while being taken to the courts should be cocooned with proper security and they should be produced in the courts well on time.
Agarwal asked the Superintendent of Police (SP) city and SP rural to make elaborate security plans for the courts which are in their jurisdiction. The heads of local Intelligence Units (lIU) and in charge of Special Operation Groups (SOG) of Hardiwar and Roorkee were also directed to collect relevant intelligence inputs so that the timely security preparation can be made.
In wake of incident of robbery in Saharanpur which shares its boundary with the Haridwar, the SSP has asked the police officers to be on a very high level of alertness. In a circular she has asked all Circle Officers (COs) and police stations in-charges to undertake an extensive checking drive in hotels and Dharamshalas of their areas.
She said that all the patrol parties should be properly briefed for effective patrolling. The SSP has asked for an intensive checking at all the check posts and barriers. She directed the police officers to conduct surprise raids at suspected places and nab all the suspected people. Agarwal has asked to specially monitor places like bus stand and railway station to apprehend the criminals. The SSP has specifically ordered that the stern interrogation of the suspected criminals should be done and the senior officers should be informed about the developments in their areas.