In a nationwide crackdown on street crime, Delhi Police has arrested 57 criminals on Sunday 7th of June alone. Due to an increase of criminal activities snatching, burglaries, and robberies that had suddenly increased during the COVID lockdown period. Among them was a group that had stolen over a hundred mobile phones in a couple of weeks.
SOME WORD’S BY MANDEEP SINGH RANDHAWA
Delhi Police spokesperson ‘Mandeep Singh Randhawa’ said that most of the criminals who were involved in the increase of criminal activities like robberies, theft, or snatching caught during the crackdown. Most of them were discovered to have been either released from jail on a 45-day parole. In order to ensure proper social distancing in jail. Or they had entered the city after the restriction on cross-border movement was relaxed.
According to the police data, 22 criminals were caught in north-east and southeast police districts. 10 in outer (north) district, seven each in the south-west and outer Delhi. And the rest from the other parts of the capital.
While questioning them police found the desperate men even used guns to threaten or injure the victims during the robbery. The three men who were caught for robbing a pilot on the IIT flyover stabbed him on his thigh. And were found to have indulged in other cases like stealing valuables after smashing car windows to quickly make money.
Police said that most of the thieves had traveled by some other locations. While some distance their known residences to commit the major crime. By using lockdown as an advantage because the roads were empty because of the lockdown. The men had also frequently gone after the easy targets of morning walkers and pedestrians.
During the crackdown, cops also caught a few others who received the booty and recovered much of the stolen goods. However, many of the robbers were discovered to have hidden away the stolen items being unable to sell them. Because the markets were still not ready for business.
INCREASED POLICEMEN
To stop the increase in theft, robbery, burglaries, snatching. The cops have intensified patrolling at the hotspots in the city and have increased the deployment of policemen. With a focus on such identified areas, identification of active criminals, arrest of notorious criminals. And preparations of history sheets of notorious criminals to contain the movement of the the.
The police patrol teams that were earlier deployed to enforce the COVID lockdown have now been asked to patrol in colony roads and known haunts of criminals near parks.
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