Odisha: Bhubaneswar police nabs 262 criminals during lockdown months
While the Bhubaneswar police had successfully solved all the 34 dacoity cases and arrested 150 persons, the detection rate of robbery, burglary and theft stood at 58.25%, 41.26% and 41.36%, respectively in 2020.
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar commissionerate police arrested 262 criminals, mostly involved in property-related offences, during the lockdown in the past two months.
Over 230 mobile phones, 71 vehicles, 15 laptops, 34 batteries, cash of Rs 2,18,780, seven illegal firearms, 28 bullets and 394 gram of stolen gold were recovered from the accused during the period under the Bhubaneswar urban police district (UPD) area.
“Even though our personnel were busy on Covid duty on streets, at hospitals and crematoriums, they worked hard and solved several pending property-related cases, mostly snatching, theft, robbery and dacoity. Many of the recovered stolen articles were handed to the rightful owners at their doorsteps in view of the lockdown and weekend shutdown,” deputy commissioner of police Uma Shankar Dash said.
The city police recently laid trust on taking steps to prevent and crack property-related offences.
Such crimes, including 1,862 theft, 350 burglaries, 388 robberies and 34 dacoity cases were reported in Bhubaneswar last year, according to the statistics of the commissionerate police.
Detection of the property-related offences as well as recovery of the booty and arrest of the accused used to be a cause of concern. Police said the recovery percentage has improved in the last few months.
While the police had successfully solved all the 34 dacoity cases and arrested 150 persons, the detection rate of robbery, burglary and theft stood at 58.25 %, 41.26 % and 41.36 %, respectively in 2020.
The detection of dacoity, robbery, burglary and theft had stood at 85.71 %, 62.78 %, 48.66 % and 36.58 %, respectively in 2019.
The police developed two web-based applications—Kundli and Sandhan—to create a database of criminals involved in property related offences and trace the real owners of the recovered booties. A
n organised crime in property offences (OCPO) cell has been functioning at the DCP office to monitor such cases.
Besides, property offence prevention and detection (POPD) teams and C60 teams were formed at each police station in Bhubaneswar to tackle property related crimes.
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