Special drive to curb spurt in crime in Delhi launched

New Delhi: To arrest the rising graph of street crimes, the Delhi Traffic Police have launched a special drive to check bikers at key points, including crime hot-spots. They would be accompanied by armed zonal officers to tackle gun-wielding criminals.
Since the past fortnight, bike-borne armed ‘snatcher gangs’ have unleashed terror, targeting women and pedestrians in most parts of the national capital. In many cases, the criminals, when resisted, opened fire killing the victim.
On Thursday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal at a meeting with Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik, reportedly expressed displeasure over rising cases of armed robbery, loot and murder.
Subsequently on Friday, the Police Commissioner convened a meeting at the police headquarters and instructed all Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP) to pull their socks up.
According to sources, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier sounded out the Delhi L-G on the rise in street crimes.
On Friday, Special Commissioner of Police Taj Hassan instructed the Joint CPs to launch a special drive to monitor/check bikers for the next 15 days. “Each circle should deploy at least two teams with armed zonal officers (ZO) to monitor/investigate bikers — at least twice a day — at randomly chosen places,” said Hassan.