With theft incidents on rise in the State Capital, Ranchi Police have alerted Police Stations directing them to intensified patrolling round the clock in the city. Meanwhile, the police claimed that the culprits will be arrested soon as identification of the persons captured in the CCTV footage are being done in the incidents taken place earlier during the last two-three days.
Incidentally, at least three more attempts were made by the burglars on Monday evening by breaking open the lock of three shops under Bariatu Police Station in which they succeeded in taking away Rs 25,000 from a wine shop while they broken locks of two other shops on the same line. One incident of chain snatching also took place in the same locality. Earlier on Monday, the burglars had also taken away cash, jewelry and other electronic goods worth Rs 1.5 lakh from a flat in Omkareshwar Apartment under Bariatu Police Station in broad day light on Monday.
“All police stations have been alerted and have been directed to intensify patrolling in their areas round the clock and immediately take action if any such incident is reported in their areas,” said SP City Aman Kumar. One local person has been identified on the basis of CCTV footage, who will be arrested soon in shop break- in case which took place on Monday night, he added.
In the mean time, the City SP said that people also needs to be alert and avoid negligence regarding the security of their apartments and localities, he added. “If new faces are seen in any apartment or locality, they must be verified by the locals or the guards deputed there. The guards employed by the societies must also be briefed properly not to allow any new faces without verifying them and keep an account of everyone who enters into it,” said the City SP. The City SP further said that people here also need to take initiative and form Mohalla Samities or Resident Welfare Association at local level on the lines of the initiatives taken in some of the other states. Sadar DSP Vikas Chand Srivastav on the other hand, claimed that the incidents of theft which have taken place during the last two days will be detected very soon.
“The process of identifying the burglars on the basis of CCTV footages obtained from the adjoining apartments and flats is on, and some of them have also been identified. We expect that the all these cases will be detected very soon,” said Srivastav.
Reacting immediately after increasing incidents of theft, SSP Kuldeep Dwivedi removed Officer in Charge of Bariatu and Chutia Police Station. Rajiv Ranjan lal has been made the new Officer in Charge of Bariatu Police Station.