BHILAI Nagar police have intensified surveillance and preventive measures to curb the movement of pickpockets and chain snatchers in the Sector-6 area, where a religious programme is currently in progress. As part of the drive, police apprehended ten suspects, including nine women, on suspicion of involvement in criminal activities. According to police, a special team has been deployed to prevent incidents of pickpocketing and chain snatching during the religious discourse programme in progress at Jayanti Stadium area in Bhilai.

 

Continuous monitoring is being carried out in and around the event pandal, with particular focus on suspects and organised gangs, including those from outside the state. During security checks conducted inside and around the programme venue, police detained several suspicious men and women who were found roaming without valid entry passes or identity proof. On questioning, none of them could produce any valid ID documents, including Aadhaar cards.

 

Following preliminary interrogation, Bhilai Nagar police initiated preventive action against the suspects. An ‘Istgasa’ (preventive case) was prepared and all the detained persons were produced before the SDM Court for further legal proceedings. The suspects rounded up during the preventive action were identified as Kamsa Marmuttu Naidu, Kajal Naidu, Pooja Naidu, Rajni Naidu and Roshni Naidu, residents of Navapur, Nandurbar, Maharashtra; Suman Ikran and Anita Jatav, residents of Bharatpur, Rajasthan; Moni Jatav and Guddi Jatav, residents of Harinagar, Palwal, Haryana and Gauri Jatav, a resident of Chitaukri, Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

 

Police stated that strict vigilance will continue throughout the duration of the religious event to ensure the safety and security of devotees and to prevent any untoward incidents.