Coimbatore: Alarmed at the spurt in crime in the extended areas of the city, the police department has deputed 10 cops each from the armed reserve police to Saravanampatti, Peelamedu and Singanallur stations.
The three police stations fall under the east sub-divisions of the city police. Beat patrolling will be intensified in the three police station limits, deputy commissioner of police G Stalin said. “These stations cover vast newly-developed areas. To focus on these areas, 10 cops each from the city armed reserve police have been deployed there. They will conduct beat patrolling as well as vehicle checks,” he said.
On November 8, burglars decamped with 10 sovereigns of old gold ornaments and 2kg silver ornaments from a jewellery shop at Viswasapuram in Saravanampatti.
A 63-year-old Ganapathy resident lost her 10-sovereign gold chain and a 53-year-old Peelamedu resident lost five-sovereign gold ornament to chain snatchers on November 24.
On November 27, a gang killed T Vignesh, 24, when he refused to hand over his mobile phone at SIHS Colony. A few days ago, 50 sovereigns of gold ornaments and Rs 2.5 lakh were stolen from a locked house at Pushpam garden at Nehru Nagar.
Twenty-five sovereigns of gold ornaments and 42,000 were stolen from a house at Chinnavedampatti on December 8. The Saravanampatti police arrested two men for stealing Rs 30 lakh and 10 sovereigns of gold ornaments from a house at Chitra Nagar in Saravanampatti on September 4. Police could recover only Rs 16.57 lakh and 5.5 sovereigns from them.
The city police registered 292 crimes, including house break-ins and robberies, till December 8 this year. Valuables worth Rs 2.63 crore were stolen. Police solved 231 cases.