Dossiers on 827 criminals made under CP’s supervision

Nagpur: Dossiers of around 827 criminals have been compiled and sent on mails to 33 police stations under the supervision of city police commissioner BK Upadhyay, who completed two years in the city. The move is to ensure that the cops can check and round them up within shortest possible time.
The dossiers of the criminals, prepared between July 2018 and July this year under Upadhyay, have complete details about them, their present activities, whereabouts, families and friends along with the mobile phone numbers and addresses.
Upadhyay has stepped up policing measures to help recovery of economy as part of ‘Mission Begin Again’ phase by putting a spanner on crime rate. Following a spate of murders in the first two weeks of June, the crime rate has dropped considerably as phase-wise easing of restrictions has also brought in its wake the risk of heightened criminal activities.
Upadhyay said with easing of restrictions, it was anticipated that there would be a rise in cases like snatching and robbery. “Assaults and attacks shot up but we managed the crime rate in a comprehensive manner after some unfortunate setbacks. The crime rate has come down as cops are monitoring goons and their activities round the clock,” he said.
The latest action was taken against gangster Swapnil Salunkhe, a bookie. He was the 51st goon to be booked under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act (MPDA) in Upadhyay’s two-years tenure. He has also sent 117 gangsters of 20 dreaded gangs behind bars under MCOCA between July 2018 and July this year.
In 195 cases, the city police have arrested 289 peddlers recovering narcotics and other material worth more than Rs3.81 crore in Upadhyay’s regime.
With focus to keep a check on the goons, preventive actions were initiated on 16,712 persons and 81 goons who were absconding were netted too. Cases under the Arms Act were registered against 1,121 goons.