MADURAI: The Madras high court has ordered notice to the Sivaganga district administration on a plea which sought to install CCTV cameras inside the Ilayangudi taluk office premises in the district as many chain-snatching incidents were taking place.
A division bench of justices M Duraiswamy and K Murali Shankar ordered the notice on a public interest litigation filed by P Radhakrishnan, a resident of Ilayangudi.
The petitioner stated that few incidents of chain-snatching were reported inside the taluk office campus.
He stated that six months ago, three sovereign gold chain was snatched from a differently-abled woman by a person under the guise of helping her by posing as a staff of the office. Another incident was also reported inside in August where six sovereigns gold chain was snatched from an elderly woman.
The petitioner claimed that though police complaints were lodged, the police officials are yet to get a breakthrough in both the cases due to the lack of CCTV cameras.
He stated that he had submitted representation to the authorities seeking to install CCTV cameras inside the taluk office premises, however, no steps were taken so far.
