- Lethal weapons recovered from two houses. Warning parade at Hebbal Police Station
- More than 900 history-sheeters in city; 37 of them most active: City Police Commissioner
Mysore/Mysuru: In a concerted operation across all the 18 Police Stations in the city, houses of over 37 active rowdy-sheeters were raided in the wee hours of today and their houses were searched for weapons and other illegal materials.
The operation that began at 3 am was spread across all the Sub-divisions — Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Devaraja and coordinating the searches were the sleuths from the City Crime Branch. The history-sheeters were brought in Police vehicles to Hebbal Police Station at 7 am where City Police Commissioner B. Ramesh issued a stern warning to them to stop all illegal activities.
It may be recalled here that in the first week of this month, the Police has initiated the exercise of identifying rowdy-sheeters, known defaulters, goondas, criminals and extortionists and were preparing a dossier to enable the administration to banish them from their areas of operation. This was to prevent any law-and-order situation in an election-bound region.
900 rowdy-sheeters in city
These dossiers would enable the Home Department to banish the trouble-makers. During today’s exercise, more than 900 rowdy-sheeters were identified and 97 were listed as active ones. Over 37 rowdy-sheeters were found to be most active and today their houses were raided. Lethal weapons including knives, ‘long’ and swords were recovered from the houses of two history-sheeters.
Before the operation, the Police had procured search warrants from the Courts and permission to raid the houses to prevent trouble from these anti-social elements. Apart from searching their houses, teams also searched the cowsheds, sheep and animal sheds based on the reports that weapons are usually concealed there to avoid detection.
After the raids, rowdy-sheeters were brought to the Hebbal Police Station and individual information like contact details, activities, profession and means of livelihood were noted down by Policemen and were paraded before the Police Commissioner.
KCOCA, UAPA, Goonda Act
Commissioner Ramesh warned the anti-social elements to lie low and renounce illegal activities as they were under close watch. They were warned not to indulge in any illegal activities like property offences where land owners and purchasers are threatened, gambling, extortion, money-lending for a high rate of interest, matka and ‘meter baddi’ and dealing with narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
They were told that any illegal activity would attract lodging of cases under Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA), Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Goonda Act.
Later speaking to reporters, the Commissioner, accompanied by DCP (Law and Order) Pradeep Gunti, Narasimharaja ACP Shivashankar, Krishnaraja ACP S.E. Gangadharaswamy, Devaraja ACP N.M. Shashidhar and CCB ACP Ashwathnarayan, said that along with all the rowdy elements, people who have come out of jail on bail will be under scanner for illegal activities.
“Officers and staff have been told to keep a close watch on them, especially murder accused who are on bail, extortionists, habitual property offences accused, intimidators, drug dealers and gamblers,” he added.
Casino at Chamundi foothill shut
Replying to a question by reporters, Ramesh said that there is no place for casinos to operate within the city limits. “Within a week of my taking over the Police administration, I got a phone call from the public saying that a casino was being run at the foot of Chamundi Hill. We raided the place and now the operations have been shut. We will not allow any illegal activities and will maintain vigil on the roads as a mandatory day-to-day activity,” he added.
Early this year, the Karnataka Government moved the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement that struck down the contentious provisions of the State’s online gambling law.
“The Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 criminalised wagering, betting, or risking money on the unknown result of an event. It was specifically required to suitably deal with the evolving situation arising from the ill effects of online gambling,” the petition said. The case now is in the Supreme Court.
Just like his predecessor Chandragupta, this police commissioner Ramesh is meeting the press and demonstrating what a fine job his team headed by him has done!
For the information of this idiot, the UAE resident Keralite crime bosses are running very successful Hawala money channel in Mysore, via the Wayanad-Nanjangud-Mysore corridor, and the enforcers the above crime bosses have employed routinely punish the defaulters who do not pay the heavy interest on the money transferred with severe body harm. They get away with it by bribing the police officers.
When the UAE-Mysore non-stop flights come into operation, when Mysore airport expansion is completed, as per Mdi’s promise toe UAE businessmen, which include the above crime bosses who operate under the cover of businesses, their gold smuggling operations will be expanded to Mysore , as well as increased Hawala money channel operations. The crimes will then skyrocket, and this commissioner will struggle to contain them, as they involved modern hand guns.
law and order must maintain strictly Ramesh sir to save iconic mysore city
@appukutan
You are just a copy cat, an imbecile who writes in bad English.
Iconic Mysore city? Where is it? It was destroyed decades ago, when massive numbers from outside the state entered and settled, and Murthy bought cheap his Infosys training centre to hoist more North Indians and others on to this city, and pocketed millions of USDs, and stays in Jayanagar Bangalore, having further destroyed the city.
Law and order? Increasing crimes involving gold chain snatching!
Wait until your MP Simha and your PM Modi engineer the UAE-Mysore non stop flights after the Mysore airport gets expanded, and Malayalee Crime gangs in Doha, divert their gold smuggling operations to Mysore, from Kerala.
By the way, dim wit @appukuttan, with poor education, have your Mysore police captured the leader of the armed robbery gang who robbed the jewellery hop in Mysore last year?
@appukuttn, you have proved to be a wastrel!
Hello @appukuttan the imbecile again
Just read the news about the woman brandishing machete at the KSRTC officials. That is, if you are educated enough and can read English!
This is what the public said: “Meanwhile, public who witnessed the incident said that though a machete was brandished and the Government officials were threatened, the Police failed to register the case under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) and arrest the accused”
So much about your crap about maintaining law and order!