75 involved in heinous crimes held in three months in Ambala range: IG

Ambala Range IG Pankaj Nain on Friday said 75 criminals who were involved in heinous crimes and with different gangs had been arrested by the police under Ambala Range over the last three months.

The IG said of 75, 14 have suffered serious injuries in police encounters. Besides these, two criminals, including Romil Vohra and Bheem were killed during police encounters.

Romil Vohra, a resident of Yamunanagar, was killed in a joint operation of the STF, Haryana, and the Delhi Police. He was a shooter of Kala Rana gang. There were eight cases against him. Similarly, Bheem Kumar was killed in a police encounter in Yamunanagar. There were 10 cases against him. He was a shooter of Noni Rana gang.

Speaking to mediapersons, Nain said, “Special drives are being conducted in Ambala, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar districts of Ambala Range and criminals are being arrested. It has been observed that some criminals sitting abroad have been luring youngsters and telling them to commit crime. They show dreams of settling them abroad and giving them lakhs of rupees, but once their task is completed, they leave them at their fate. We appeal to the youngsters not to get involved in any criminal activities and stay away from such people.”

“To control the criminal activities, technical surveillance is being upgraded. While 690 new CCTVs cameras have been installed in the three districts, 230 more cameras are being installed in Yamunanagar district. The CCTV cameras have helped in early tracing of criminals and prevention of criminal activities. Special teams were constituted in all three districts and a special campaign is also being run against the people involved in organised crimes,” he added.

Sharing the data, the IG said special teams had caught 90 persons for gambling and recovered over Rs 4.56 lakh from them, 225 people were arrested under the NDPS Act, and 224 were arrested for selling illicit liquor. As many as 78 persons were arrested for keeping illegal arms. During special drives challans were issued to nearly 31,000 persons in three months. Of the total challans, over 9,400 were issued to vehicles without number plate, over 15,000 challans for without pattern number plates, 4,468 challans for triple riding, 675 challans for drunk and drive, over 540 for using black films, 380 challans for using blue and red beacons, and 455 for changing the silencers of two-wheelers to create jarring sound.

Pankaj Nain further said, “Timely action has helped in preventing three target killings. Similarly, to make the districts drugs free, the teams have visited over 460 villages, and during the visits 217 drug addicts were identified of which 168 are now undergoing treatment. Meanwhile, 68 drug peddlers have also been identified and action is being taken against them. To develop strong information network, 4,146 police mitras were roped in three districts and they also helped in solving 17 cases.”