Upset with the recent deteriorating law and order, Uttar Pradesh Government will soon come out with some more stringent law to put a check on criminal activities of hardened criminals.
“We are drafting a law just on the lines of Maharastra Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), ” revealed a senior home Department official here on Monday evening. He revealed that very soon Uttar Pradesh will too have a dedicated law which could turned out to be a milestone in curbing the organised crime in the State.
Besides restricting criminals, the law would also empower law enforcing agencies to go ahead with confiscation as well as auction of wealth earned by anyone through criminal activities.
He claimed that several steps were already taken to put the hardened criminals behind the bars and to check organised crime in the state. The officer further claimed that cops were given free hand to deal with the criminals and direction have been given to deal everyone with same yard stick irrespective of the political outfit or group to which he belongs.
It may be mentioned that recently, the cops after getting green signal from the government to deal criminals with though hand, had gunned down four hardened criminals in three separate encounters that took place in Shamli, Mathura and Azamgarh respectively.