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Status check: Cops in UP’s Meerut knock on doors of 400 criminals, arrest six
The drive was named “Operation 2” as a similar drive was conducted in the area before the state assembly election in September last year which 10 criminals were arrested, said circle officer, Kotwali area, Arvind Chaurasia
Around 480 police personnel, including 65 women cops, knocked on the doors of nearly 400 people accused of different crimes under Lisari gate police station limits in Meerut on Sunday morning for the scrutiny of their present status a couple of days after the declaration of results of UP assembly polls, police officials said on Monday.
The drive was named “Operation 2” as a similar drive was conducted in the area before the state assembly election in September last year which 10 criminals were arrested, said circle officer, Kotwali area, Arvind Chaurasia.
Meerut city’s Lisari gate police station is listed among top 10 police stations of the state with a high crime rate, he added. The special drive was the brainchild of Meerut superintendent of police (SSP) Prabhakar Choudhary. Sunday’s drive was carried out on the direction of SSP Prabhakar Choudhary and superintendent of police, city, Vineet Bhatnagar. The circle officer said the list of people with criminal antecedents was prepared with the help of jail authorities and local police.
Circle officer Arvind Chaurasia led the drive for which 34 teams comprising 480 police personnel from different police stations were formed. Chaurasia said during the drive that lasted six hours, six criminals, including two each involved in cow slaughters and loot incidents, and two possessing illegal weapons were arrested. The police teams verified the addresses of the criminals, their present status among other things during the drive.
The objective was to prepare a dossier of their present activities and status and to look for wanted criminals and motivate them to lead their life as law-abiding people, the Chaurasia said. He said the drive would continue in the area which is infamous for giving shelter to criminals who come here after committing crimes in states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nādu, Kerala, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh among others. “We have created an interstate police register so that we could closely monitor interstate criminals,” said Chaurasia.
“Such drives instil a sense of fear among criminals which eventually leads to decline in incidents of crime and help in improving law and order situation,” he added. Chaurasia said incidents of crime had reduced in the area after the first such drive conducted in September last year. Now, the second drive would further help improve the situation, he said.
