Special patrolling and checking drive to curb burglaries in Jamshedpur 

Jamshedpur, Feb 21: A spate of burglaries in the city during past few months has prompted the police to take some immediate measures to curb the menace. Thefts not only in residential areas but also in commercial establishments have been reported as a major section of the police force was away on election duty for the last one week.
 The incident in which a gang of burglars decamped with gold and silver jewelries worth  shows that thieves are striking at will.

Recently unknown miscreants looted cash and valuables worth over Rs 4 lakh from a house at Nirmal Nagar in Bhuiyandih under Sitaramdera police station. The criminals while committing the theft locked one of the rooms in the house from outside so as to  carry out the offence at ease.

Taking a serious note of the spurt in incidents of thefts in the city during winter, the Jamshedpur Police have started special police patrolling system during night in the Steel City. A search drive is also being conducted at several parts of the city.

“Everyday, one police officer from the police station concerned would keep an eye on the movement of constables deployed at different places under the system,” a police official informed. These constables would keep an eye on suspicious elements moving in night and check them.
 Subhash Chandra Jat, City, SP said that persons, whose movements were found to be suspicious, were detained in the last two months. Besides, the police have been keeping extra vigil in residential colonies not only during night but daytime too.

Officials said that constables on foot would be deployed in a stretch of every one km for patrolling. Several other constables would be deployed for the purpose, besides patrolling by the local police.

“Burglaries have increased during the winter as many families are away on vacation. Now that the election process is over, the manpower position is back to normality. Specially constituted patrolling squads have already been deployed under the limits of the Mango and Sakchi,” said police official

It has often been observed that burglars keep a watch to fix their ‘target’ in a housing colony or society before committing crimes. People whose movements were found to be suspicious should be placed under watch.

Housing societies, too, have been suggested to keep a sort of ‘neighbourhood watch’, he added. Among other measures, said Linda, records of robbers and burglars were being studied and a list of habitual offenders being narrowed down.

In the past one week, at least seven cases of burglary have been reported in the city and the suburbs. Most of the incidents happened in posh areas of Bistupur and Sakchi.