Close X
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
ADVT 
India

Anti-Gangster Task Force to intensify action: Punjab DGP

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Apr, 2022 10:15 AM
  • Anti-Gangster Task Force to intensify action: Punjab DGP

Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) With newly constituted Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) swinging into action, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab V.K. Bhawra on Monday gave a clarion call to the people of the state to join hands with the police against the anti-social elements trying to disrupt the peace and harmony.

Headed by ADGP Promod Ban, the AGTF has been constituted on the directives of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to intensify action against gangsters using intelligence based inputs and coordinating with field units of Punjab Police.

The AGTF will work directly under the supervision of the DGP.

Bhawra told the media here that there have been recent reports about rise in gangster-related murders in the state but the fact is it has marginally decreased in comparison to last two years.

The crime data indicates that 158 murders have taken place in the state this year in almost 100 days making an average of 50 murders per month, while in previous years, the number of murders was 724 and 757 in 2021 and 2020, respectively, making the monthly average of murders for 2021 and 2020 was 60 and 65 murders respectively.

"This is not a happy situation. Punjab Police has been making strenuous efforts to eliminate the gangster culture in the state and will continue to make efforts in this direction," said the DGP, while soliciting the support and cooperation of the public to further bring down the crime graph.

Divulging more details, Bhawra said taking action against organised gangs and criminals since January 1, 2022, various units of Punjab Police have busted 16 gangster modules and arrested 98 individuals involved in these activities.

A large cache of weapons have been recovered from them which includes four rifles and 68 pistols and revolvers, besides impounding 30 vehicles used by these criminals, he added.

He said six gangster-related murders witnessed in the state in 2022, all of which have been traced after a thorough investigation on professional lines and 24 accused involved in these cases have been arrested along with a recovery of seven pistols, 18 cartridges and seven vehicles.

All these were blind murders in which culprits were not known, he said, adding that efforts are on to arrest the remaining accused.

Also, there were nine non-gangster related murders this year, causing sensation amongst the public which have also been traced and most of the accused have been arrested, said the DGP.

He said family or matrimonial dispute, rivalry or monetary dispute etc were among the main reasons behind these crimes.

MORE India ARTICLES

Indian Students' Detention In US: Missions In Touch With Authorities

Indian Students' Detention In US: Missions In Touch With Authorities
The government is according top priority to the case of Indian students in the US facing detention under an alleged immigration fraud and is in touch with the Indian Embassy in Washington and other consulates,

Indian Students' Detention In US: Missions In Touch With Authorities

In Video J&K Woman Pleads For Mercy With Joined Hands, Man Shoots Her Point Blank

The victim has been identified as Ishrat Muneer, a resident of Dangerpora in Pulwama district, a police spokesman said.

In Video J&K Woman Pleads For Mercy With Joined Hands, Man Shoots Her Point Blank

Gangster Ravi Pujari, Don Who Terrorised Bollywood, Held In Senegal

Gangster Ravi Pujari, who was known to call up Bollywood personalities and prominent builders in Mumbai in order to extort money from them, has been arrested in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, according to sources here.  

Gangster Ravi Pujari, Don Who Terrorised Bollywood, Held In Senegal

IIT Hyderabad Student Dies After Falling From Terrace While Talking On Phone

M Anirudhya (22), a final year engineering student of IIT-Hyderabad, died instantly when he accidentally fell down from the terrace of his seven-storied hostel building.  

IIT Hyderabad Student Dies After Falling From Terrace While Talking On Phone

India To Become $ 5-Trillion Economy In Next 5 Years: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

Stating that India is solidly back on track and marching towards growth and prosperity, he said the last five years have seen India being universally recognised as a bright spot of the global economy.

India To Become $ 5-Trillion Economy In Next 5 Years: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

Interim Budget 'A Trailer', Says PM Modi, Toasts Middle Class

Making a big populist push in its final Budget before the General Election, the Narendra Modi government on Friday exempted people with an earning of up to Rs 5 lakh from payment of income tax

Interim Budget 'A Trailer', Says PM Modi, Toasts Middle Class