In order to check crimes and maintain law and order in the district, Dehradun police have launched a verification drive of history sheeters on Saturday. Currently, there are 226 history sheeters in Dehradun district out of which 122 were verified on Saturday. Remaining history sheeters would be verified in the next day, police said.
The verification drive revealed that out of 122 history sheeters, 16 are now languishing in jail while 44 are missing and 44 have gone out of the district.
In Rishikesh police station area, out of 44 history sheeters, 15 were verified. Five were missing while 24 have gone out of police station areas. In Kalsi police station area, one history sheeter was verified. Under Chakrata police station area, out of 12 history sheeters, eight were verified. Four of them are missing. Under Vikasnagar Kotwali area, out of 27 history sheeters, 16 were verified. Five are languishing in jail while six are missing.
In Doiwala police station area, out of 17, 14 were verified. One is languishing in jail while two are missing and two have left the police station areas. In Sahaspur police station area, out of 19 history sheeters, 14 were verified. One is languishing in jail, two are missing and two have left the police station areas.
In Raiwala police station area, out of eight history sheeters, five were verified. Two are languishing in jail while one is missing. In Rani Pokhari police station area, out of three history sheeters, two are verified. One has left the police station area. In Mussoorie, one history sheeter who is absconding was verified.
In Rajpur, one out of two history sheeters was verified and one was found out of police station area. In Premnagar area, out of 12, five were verified. One was missing while one left the police station area.