Crime graph upwardly cellular, particular crime unit in Twin City idle

Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: The crime graph in Twin City could have been upwardly cellular in final yr and a half however the Special Crime Unit of Commissionerate Police is sitting idle.

For file’s sake, between January and August this yr, at the very least 30 homicide circumstances have been reported within the State Capital. In the final 20 days, three circumstances of murders have been registered together with one which occurred just some hundred metres away from the DCP workplace in Vani Vihar on August 30 night time.

However, marred by acute scarcity of workers, the particular unit which was established in December final yr, is unable to lend heft to the combat towards organised crime in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The authorities created 59 posts for the Special Crime Unit by abolishing 63 posts of 2nd (SS) Battalion of Odisha State Armed Police in Keonjhar. The unit’s sanctioned posts consists of a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Additional DCP every (for the 2 cities), three Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) and 9 inspectors.

Besides 12 sub-inspectors, three ASIs and as many constables within the communications wing, and 27 basic obligation constables have been sanctioned for the unit. However, as of now the unit has just one DCP, three ACPs, one inspector and ASI every and about 4 to 5 constables. The remaining posts are mendacity vacant.

The particular unit was created primarily to share intelligence and conduct raids together with police stations of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Urban Police Districts (UPDs). “Since maximum posts in the ranks of inspector, SIs and constables are still yet to be filled up, we are yet to start work in a full-fledged manner,” stated an officer requesting anonymity.

The unit has three wings – Narcotics, Anti-fraud and Organised Crime – and it features from the Commissionerate Police headquarters within the Capital City. However, in contrast to the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch, the Commissionerate Police’s crime unit shouldn’t be vested with energy to register circumstances and file chargesheet. An officer of the particular crime unit can solely take up investigation of a case and file chargesheet after receiving orders from Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner SK Priyadarsi.

As per the Home division’s order, the Special Crime Unit was established to watch and analyse critical and sophisticated crimes happening beneath Commissionerate Police jurisdiction. The unit has additionally been tasked with the duty of stopping, detecting and controlling critical crimes.
Contacted, DCP (Crime) Sudam Charan Sahoo, who’s supervising the unit stated his hopeful the vacant posts will likely be stuffed up quickly.

With the Durga Puja celebrations with large-scale public participation after a spot of two years occurring this yr, police sources say, the 2 cities might have achieved with the assistance of the particular unit as there was no let up in crimes. The State Capital has registered round 447 theft circumstances, 60 rape and 19 dacoity incidents within the final eight months.

BHUBANESWAR: The crime graph in Twin City could have been upwardly cellular in final yr and a half however the Special Crime Unit of Commissionerate Police is sitting idle.

For file’s sake, between January and August this yr, at the very least 30 homicide circumstances have been reported within the State Capital. In the final 20 days, three circumstances of murders have been registered together with one which occurred just some hundred metres away from the DCP workplace in Vani Vihar on August 30 night time.

However, marred by acute scarcity of workers, the particular unit which was established in December final yr, is unable to lend heft to the combat towards organised crime in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The authorities created 59 posts for the Special Crime Unit by abolishing 63 posts of 2nd (SS) Battalion of Odisha State Armed Police in Keonjhar. The unit’s sanctioned posts consists of a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Additional DCP every (for the 2 cities), three Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) and 9 inspectors.

Besides 12 sub-inspectors, three ASIs and as many constables within the communications wing, and 27 basic obligation constables have been sanctioned for the unit. However, as of now the unit has just one DCP, three ACPs, one inspector and ASI every and about 4 to 5 constables. The remaining posts are mendacity vacant.

The particular unit was created primarily to share intelligence and conduct raids together with police stations of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Urban Police Districts (UPDs). “Since maximum posts in the ranks of inspector, SIs and constables are still yet to be filled up, we are yet to start work in a full-fledged manner,” stated an officer requesting anonymity.

The unit has three wings – Narcotics, Anti-fraud and Organised Crime – and it features from the Commissionerate Police headquarters within the Capital City. However, in contrast to the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch, the Commissionerate Police’s crime unit shouldn’t be vested with energy to register circumstances and file chargesheet. An officer of the particular crime unit can solely take up investigation of a case and file chargesheet after receiving orders from Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner SK Priyadarsi.

As per the Home division’s order, the Special Crime Unit was established to watch and analyse critical and sophisticated crimes happening beneath Commissionerate Police jurisdiction. The unit has additionally been tasked with the duty of stopping, detecting and controlling critical crimes.
Contacted, DCP (Crime) Sudam Charan Sahoo, who’s supervising the unit stated his hopeful the vacant posts will likely be stuffed up quickly.

With the Durga Puja celebrations with large-scale public participation after a spot of two years occurring this yr, police sources say, the 2 cities might have achieved with the assistance of the particular unit as there was no let up in crimes. The State Capital has registered round 447 theft circumstances, 60 rape and 19 dacoity incidents within the final eight months.