JAIPUR: Massive raids by the Jaipur police leading to 145 arrests, 185 detentions and above all intimidation of the history-sheeters and those involved in criminal activities was a result of three-month planning by Jaipur police.
In order to ensure that the whole operation remains secret, the in-charges of various police stations were not informed about the names of the history-sheeters to be raided.
From using different name for the operation at the initial stage to involving offbeat cops to gather information on the history-sheeters, the senior police officers of Jaipur police did everything to ensure that the details of the operation were not leaked.
TOI on Saturday spoke to the police officer who led the operation that was by and large flawless and fetched 21 FIRs related to Arms Act violation, property disputes, assaults and others.
"We were planning on this for past few months. We took some of our officers of CST and some from various districts on board and thought of executing the whole thing ahead of the festival time. Some of the policemen from police lines were also involved in the task," said Ajay Pal Lamba, additional commissioner of police (crime) who supervised and led the whole operation.
Also, to minimise the chances of the operation getting leaked there were some plans. "We kept the survey of the history-sheeters hidden from police stations as we assigned the task to some other policemen. Also, fearing leakage of the plan we named the operation ‘Shudh Ke Liye Yudh’ during the planning stage three months ago so that people might confuse it to be a campaign to check adulteration," Lamba added.
“On Friday evening prior to the raids we revealed the original name ‘operation clean bold’,” he said.
“Usually, ahead of festival season history-sheeters merely get a phone call and are called to the police station and urged not to engage in criminal activities. But this time, we raided their houses to ensure people in their neighbourhood also get aware of their criminal activities,” Lamba said.
houses, stayed at their localities for more than three hours to ensure people in their neighbourhood become aware of their acts," he added.
