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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Old Hubballi police station shifted due to renovation
Hubballi: The Old Hubballi police station was shifted to Babu Jagjivan Ram Community Hall in Hubballi due to the renovation of the station on Sunday. MLA Prasad Abbayya inaugurated the station at the new venue. Speaking to the reporters, Abbayya said that since N Shashi Kumar took charge as police commissioner, he has brought in many changes in the department to stop criminal activities. Earlier, the crime rate was increasing, including the drug mafia. The department took the initiative to eradicate the drug supply and was successful in stopping it. The govt has provided all its support to the police commissionerate. The department is taking steps to make the twin cities crime-free, he said. Police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that the new infrastructure was sanctioned for Old Hubballi police station, which is an important station from the point of law & order. "For the inconvenience of the public, the station will be renovated at a cost of Rs 5 crore. The work is expected to be completed in 11 months. A public-friendly environment will be created at the station" he added. In view of recent criminal activities in the city, the police commissionerate conducted a rowdy sheeters' parade at its police stations across twin cities on Sunday. Police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that the police visited rowdy sheeters' houses last night and conducted searches for weapons and other items. "A total of 1,056 people, including 737 rowdy sheeters, 20 drug peddlers, 227 drug users, and 72 MOBs, attended the parade. A total of 1,158 rowdy sheeters' houses were inspected, and 80 mobile phones, 14 two-wheelers, and 2 deadly weapons were seized during the raids. Appropriate legal action will be taken in this regard. The parade will be conducted every one or two months," he informed.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
Police arrest twenty accused after group clash
Hubballi: Police arrested 20 culprits, including rowdy-sheeters, in connection with a clash between two groups in three separate cases that took place on Wednesday at Mantur Road, Hubballi. Speaking to the reporters on Thursday, police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that after the violence, a complaint was registered at the town police station. Five of these accused are rowdy-sheeters, and three are Modus Operandi Bureaus (MOBs). As a precautionary measure, action has been taken to deport these rowdy-sheeters under the Goonda Act, he said. Shashi Kumar stated that the incident cannot be classified as a gang war or premeditated - it is a group clash due to personal enmity. Ane investigation is under way, and when the CCTV footage was reviewed, it was found that one person was running around with deadly weapons. He is absconding, and action is being taken to arrest him. The accused have been identified as Ganesh Jadhav, 25, Subhas alias Shubham Bijawad, 24, Pavan Indaragi, 27, Vinayak Dondi, 22, and others. Out of these, 18 are aged 25, and two are 40 years old, he informed. Necessary steps are being taken continuously to prevent crime in the twin cities. A rowdy sheeter parade has been held. More police will be deployed in sensitive and highly sensitive areas of the city, said Shashi Kumar. DCP(law & order) Mahaning Nandagavi and police officers were present.
