THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As many as 7,674 goons and those involved in anti-social activities have been arrested under Section 151 of the criminal procedure code in the state in the last 10 days, as per the data with the police.
Police have seized 3,245 mobile phones and electronic devices from them and they are being analysed for extracting data relevant to maintenance of law and order in the state, the details accessed by TOI show. Police have checked as many as 17,187 people who have a record of getting involved in such activities and raided 7,767 houses before making the arrests. As many as 5,413 people with criminal history were summoned to the police stations in connection with the crackdown on the anti-socials and goons.
ADGP (law and order) Vijay Sakhare said that the police were periodically checking those with criminal antecedents. “It is an ongoing process and those with such records will frequently be checked and they will be under the constant watch of the police,” he said. Police have also cancelled as many as 53 bails for those who have violated the bail conditions, and arrested 549 people who were involved in body offences but were not arrested due to several reasons.
At the same time, in just 29% of the total proceedings initiated by the police under the Section 107 of the CrPC (preventive arrest) have the executive magistrates issued the orders for their arrest. According to the data, only 187 orders have been issued though the police initiated 639 proceedings under the section.
Police had created a special action group against organized crimes (SAGOC) in the state in all the district police headquarters on December 16. The SAGOC is being headed by a DSP of the anti-narcotic cell, who are being assisted by two officers of the rank of sub-inspectors, and 10 policemen, under the overall supervision of the district police chief. ADGP Manoj Abraham has been appointed as the nodal officer of SAGOC.
The SAGOC is the supervising team for these operations in the district headquarters, while in each police station, one sub-inspector and two policemen are coordinating the activities of SAGOC. The anti-organized crimes cell (AOCC) is under the control of the SHO of the police station.
As per the guidelines formulated for the functioning of the SAGOC, all those who have been involved in body offences will be arrested, and those who were involved in organized crime and goonda activities, will be monitored. Not only such people, but also their friends, accomplices and their places of gathering also will be monitored. If such people are out on bail, they will be closely monitored if they are violating any of the bail conditions, and the sources of income of such persons will also come under the scrutiny.
Police have intensified the crackdown in the wake of multiple incidents of violence by goons being reported from various parts of the state.
