Rohtak: Haryana CM Nayab Saini has given free hand to the state police for the arrest of anti-social elements involved in criminal activities, serving them an ultimatum to either leave crimes or Haryana state, in view of increasing crimes and cases of ransom demand from businessmen in the state. On a clue Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau (HSNCB) team at Rohtak on a clue during raid arrested a drug smuggler identified as Sant Raj a resident of village Chhatehra in Sonepat district carrying 2 kg 832 gm ‘Charas’ of value over Rs 4 lakh outside his residence on Saturday late evening.
Talking to media persons Additional Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau O.P. Singh and Police Commissioner Pankhuri Kumari said that a special campaign ‘Nasha-mukt Haryana- Nasha-mukt Bharat’ has been launched in the state to wipe out drugs smuggling and drug addiction. A case under NDPS Act was registered against the arrested accused at Baroda police station in Sonepat district. Pawan Kumar SHO said the accused attempted to flee when saw police, was chased by the police team and caught along with ‘Charas’ carried by him in the presence of duty magistrate Shiv Kumar Excise & Taxation Officer Sonepat. SHO said, police will find out from where Sant Raj, studied up to matric, had procured and where he was supplying drugs.
On the direction of DGP Haryana Shatrujit Kapoor, highly secret ‘Operation Aakraman’ by 350 police teams comprising of nearly 2000 policemen was launched in few districts on Saturday, for the search and arrest of anti-social elements involved in criminal activities, including theft & snatching cases, NDPS Act, Excise and Arms Act, in which nearly 220 accused involved in criminal activities were arrested by the police in six hours operation from 6 AM till 12 Noon.
According to police information, a maximum number of 40 persons having criminal background were arrested in Kaithal, 23 persons were arrested in Panipat, 22 persons were arrested in Ambala and 17 persons were arrested in Bhiwani. The arrested persons having criminal background were produced before the duty magistrate, and those having repeated cases registered against them in the past were sent to the judicial remand with non-bailable warrants.
