Ludhiana: Within the final 20 days, about 10 crime circumstances starting from kidnapping, carjacking, snatching, theft and firing incident have been reported within the metropolis.
These circumstances have been a problem for the Ludhiana police, particularly for brand spanking new police commissioner Kaustubh Sharma.
On Tuesday, at a crowded space like grain market close to Arora Palace Chowk, two accused on a motorbike snatched Rs 10.90 lakh money from two workers of a cash switch agency. Previous to this, a gang of burglars decamped with Rs 25 lakh money from a wholesale readymade garment retailer in Gandhi Nagar market within the wee hours of Tuesday.
On April 13, two accused barged into the workplace of a cash changer in Daba space and robbed him of Rs 60,000 in money at gunpoint. Afterward, the police arrested each the accused and their confederate in different crimes. On April 18, an aged couple was additionally robbed of their gold and diamond jewelry by two unidentified accused close to Fountain Chowk.
Rajan Kapoor, a meals merchandise distributor from City Property, mentioned, “Town has turn out to be so unsafe and we're scared whereas sending our employees for money assortment. I distribute meals merchandise to totally different eating places and consuming joints and nearly day by day our employees exit to gather money from the eating places. After these looting incidents, we're actually frightened. I really feel that the presence of police on roads can result in a way of safety among the many folks and concern among the many miscreants. Extra police ought to be seen on the roads.”
Other than the snatching, theft or loot circumstances, circumstances of gunfire, assault and rioting, kidnapping and carjacking are additionally changing into extra frequent.
On April 11, a gaggle of miscreants who have been creating ruckus by celebrating a birthday on the street in Tibba space had fired a number of gunshots when the residents objected to them. Two males had additionally suffered accidents from this firing and among the accused have been arrested by the police.
On April 12 midnight, a lady was kidnapped and her automobile was snatched, by a gaggle of assailants, after injuring her husband and father-in-law on civil traces. The accused had roamed round within the metropolis for hours with the snatched automobile and the kidnapped girl and later they dropped her close to Jagraon Bridge.
“I used to be returning house from Pakhowal Street after attending a operate with my household the day after the lady was kidnapped and carjacked within the metropolis. It was terrifying to drive on roads midnight. I drove actually quick, scared that somebody would cease us at gunpoint and rob us. The police should act to make sure security of residents in day time in addition to within the evening,” mentioned a resident of Sundar Nagar, Kapil Kumar, a wholesale medication dealer.
When contacted police commissioner Sharma mentioned, “There have been snatchings and robberies and we've got been capable of hint them. In Kesargunj mandi loot, the Ludhiana police have been capable of nab 4 of the accused from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh and additional probe is on to hint extra accused. Within the firing case and cash changer theft additionally, the accused have been arrested. To take preventive measures, on Tuesday all of the SHOs and officers have been directed to maintain a monitor on ordinary offenders who come out on bail and execute crime. Additional, drug consumption is the largest subject that results in such crimes. We're engaged on a number of issues to cease drug consumption and provide.”
PCR escort once more, maybe?
In 2020 then commissioner of police Rakesh Agarwal had supplied a facility of PCR escort to merchants carrying money greater than Rs 5 lakh. This was carried out in the course of the hosiery season when merchants from totally different cities and states go to Ludhiana for buying and have been being robbed by the miscreants and the notorious Irani Gang.