Concerned over the recent attack on undertrail at the Jamshedpur Civil Court premises located at Humepipe area under Sitaramdera police station, the police administration has turned the court into a virtual fortress with deployment of additional security personnel. The security forces are frisking the visitors.
According to information more than 50 armed policemen are engaged in frisking at the court complex entrance. The step was taken after SSP Amol V Homkar inspected the court on Sunday and instructed the security personnel to ensure that frisking must be ensured at the entrance itself.
Superintendent of police (city) Karthik S went on to inform that the number of policemen deployed at the court has been increased from 20 to 50 who will be keeping a strict vigil on the visitors to the court premises."These steps have been taken to ensure safety of the court. A meeting between the district administration and the district judge likely to be held tomorrow will also add on the security measures. We are confident that such incidents will not occur from now," said Karthik.
The premises of Jamshedpur court turned into a battlefield as one of the three assailants opened fire at fugitive and noted criminal Akhilesh Singh soon he stepped into to appear in the court on Saturday morning. Though the fugitive miraculously escaped unhurt however his supporters gathered at the court premises caught hold of the assailants and assaulted them badly.
Meanwhile, the police today produced Honey Singh and a close aide of Sarabjit before the judicial magistrate court. While producing before the court, the police prayed the court for taking Honey, who was also caught by Akhilesh's friends soon after the murder bid, to 10 days police remand.Officer-in-charge, Sitaramdera police station, Shushil Kumar said that they are probing the incident and they want the 10 days police remand of the Honey Singh to solve the mystery.
Significantly, the CCTV footage from the court complex clearly showed that Honey Singh who is above 6 feet had come to the court complex much before Akhilesh Singh had come. The condition of Sarabjit continues to be critical said the medical sources at the Tata Main Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.Son of Chandragupt Singh, general secretary of Jharkhand Police Association, Akhilesh set up a network extortionists and shooters. The 34-year-old don stepped into the crime world by abducting the mobil merchant Om Prakash Kabra on July 21, 2001.