Security to be enhanced
A day after the Jamshedpur civil court premises witnessed a rowdy scene, a team of police officers led by senior SP, Amol V Homkar inspected the court premises to study the loopholes in security.
During the over one-hour-long inspection, the senior SSP not only took stalk of security facilities at the court premises, but also checked whether the door-framed metal detectors (DFMD) installed at the entrance of the court building was in functional condition.
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.
SP (city) Karthik S, who accompanied SSP said that the inspection was carried out in view of the yesterday's attempt on the life of undertrial, Akhilesh Singh, by two armed criminals. "We are reviewing the security arrangements on the civil court premises and on the basis of any shortcomings, we will beef up security arrangements," said Karthik.
The police department will also hold a meeting with East Singhbhum deputy commissioner, Amitabh Kaushal and also the functionaries of district and sessions judge sometime on Monday.
The incident became sensational as there was not proper police arrangement during the surrender of a high-profile criminal like Akhilesh Singh. The police have detained a woman with whom Akhilesh had talked to for a brief period.
Meanwhile, Sarabjit who had sustained grievous injuries on being thrashed by Akhilesh's supporters is struggling for his life at the Tata Main Hospital.
Singh was arrested at Noida in Uttar Pradesh by a joint team of UP and Jharkhand police in 2011. He was nabbed while he was coming out of a shopping mall. Notably, the arrest of Akhilesh Singh had become a challenge for the police and administration. which had declared a reward of Rs 2 lakh on the head of the fugitive. 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.
After his name figured in the Kabra abduction case, he had surrendered in the court on August 6, 2001. He fled the judicial custody on February 18, 2002. He was arrested from Varanasi on October 7, 2004. On September 2, 2007, he was granted a parole for attending his ailing mother. Since then he was absconding.