Rajasthan’s gang reckoning | Gehlot cracks down on crime

As Rajasthan data a spike in extortion, firing and totally different gang-related situations, state police lastly go after organised crime networks and history-sheeters, every on the underside and on-line

Jaipur,ISSUE DATE: May 15, 2023 | UPDATED: May 4, 2023 20:48 IST

THE CLEAN-UP ACT: Police take away a suspect at Kotputli all through statewide raids on April 25. (Photo: Purushottam Diwakar)

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot appeared to have taken a leaf out of Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath’s e-book in his take care of on the Rajasthan Police Foundation Day event in Jaipur on April 16. “Our police will not be cowed down,” he declared. “Gangsters and criminals should either surrender or they will be ruined.” That related day, the reward money on fugitives was enhanced after a decade, with the state’s excessive cop getting the powers to announce a reward of Rs 5 lakh, up from Rs 1 lakh.

Published By:

Arindam Mukherjee

Published On:

May 4, 2023