Last week City Task Force (CTF) personnel arrested a person for trying to exchange FICN (fake Indian currency notes) in the market and the police seized about ₹ 4 lakh fake currencies, all in ₹ 2000 denominations from him.
The accused was identified as Mohammed Sayyed Ali an old offender, who was involved in a number of chain snatching cases and was also one of the accused in the murder of former Maoist Kondapuri Ramulu in Hyderabad.
While in Chanchalaguda jail he had come into contact with one Khaimool from Malda district of West Bengal and it was Khaimool who introduced him to the world of FICN.
Being a seasoned offender, he was not an easy person to track. But the jail monitoring system has helped the CTF team to track and arrest Sayyed Ali.
“Ever since, Sayyed was out of jail on bail we have been tracking his movement. His trip to Malda gave us indication that he was up to something. Malda is known for producing FICN and we had him on our radar and the moment he landed in Vizag Railway Station, we arrested him,” said CTF ACP I. Chittibabu.
The jail monitoring system and tracking of habitual offenders also appears to have paid dividends to the crime wing of the commissionerate.
All undertrial prisoners who are released on bail or convicts who come out after serving a sentence are now being monitored on a regular basis, he said.
Though he hails from Hyderabad, he was monitored for his involvement in the Ramulu murder case, said the ACP.
According to former DCP (Crime) T. Ravi Kumar Murthy, the jail monitoring system was initiated to keep a tab on offenders, as far as possible.
In some cases they are asked to report to the nearest police station periodically and in some cases they kept on watch without their notice. In the last year, about 500 such offenders were put under this programme, said Mr. Ravi Kumar Murthy.
Similarly, the commissionerate has gone through the exercise of preparing an extensive data base for habitual offenders and rowdy sheeters in each area, and the local police have been told to keep a tab on them.
“The sheet elements and the offenders are told to report to the police station on a weekly basis. If one fails then the local police are told to enquire and if required apprehend them. This also has put a check on habitual offenders and we intend to take the programme to a higher level this year,” said Mr. Ravi Kumar Murhty.
Sumit Bhattacharjee