Rise in Crime Leaves People of Berhampur Panic (!).
Manoj Kanta Dash,Odishabarta
BERHAMPUR: Increasing cases of chain/Cash snatching, burglaries, motorcycle lifting mobile snatching and other crimes illegal trading of Brown Sugar, liquor in the city apart from bombing, Murder cases have left residents of the city worried.
During the last six months, over a dozen of major cases have been registered at different police stations.
Criminals posing with different posture have doing crimes, but the police have failed to crack any of the sensitive cases so far (!).
Locals alleged that taking advantage of lack of patrolling, FL shops selling liquor on shop veranda round the clock,Dhaba remain over crowded in the night and open bars while police has preferred to look the other way.
Night Police patrolling in colony, almost all Wards of BeMC are so to say nil last many months it noticed from area leaders.
Other than the existing patrolling vans, as per the source the city police had received two years back 20 motorcycles for bike patrolling, but not a single of them is noticed on the road.
On the other hand, many hardcore criminals have been released on bail and started reorganising their groups which posed a challenge for the police. Interestingly anti-socials making their “Addas at police out post under Baidyanathpur police limit it ‘observed (?).
In the wake of increasing crime, Berhampur SP, Dr.Saravana Vivek, M. has urged from day one of his joining the public and business establishments to install CCTV cameras for their safety.
He also asked all the police stations in the city to remain alert and intensify patrolling in the sensitive areas under their jurisdiction.
Actually, the miscreants have mostly targeted senior citizens and women. Other hand police are trying best to bust these crimes, but since they are not showing interest so, the locals, fears it is difficult to them to report to police so after committing the crime they are fleeing he crimes,” sources said.
But some intellectual/Civic sense citizens saying in case of any emergency if they trying to interact with police stations over phone in some emergency the call are No answered (!).
Gambling, illegal liquor trade especially Baidyanathpur police mainly, Lanipall, Ankuli, NH bypass “Dhaba” limit is common under the nose of Police other than 2/3 success gambling cases.
Today it’s a matter of concern how the new Inspector in charge shall capable to manage mainly Bada Bazar,and Baidyanathpur and face the coming challenges(?) because both the Police stations are identified as the hub of anti social,criminals,Mafia etc…
SOME MAJOR SUCCESS
On May,23,2023 tn broad daylight two unidentified miscreants snatched Rs 4 lakh cash from a couple near Ankuli bridge under Baidyanathpur police limits.While returning home after withdrawing money from the bank .Victim Prabhakar and his wife withdrew Rs 5.20 lakh from State Bank of India at Khodasinghi and they divided the amount and kept Rs 4.5 lakh in one bag and Rs 70,000 in another bag.in connection During July, Berhampur town Police successfully arrests three Members of Interstate robbers’ Gang.
On 30/09/23 Miscreants hurled bombs at the vehicle of former mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) Siba Shankar Dash alias Pintu Dash, luckily escaped unhurt. However, The Gosaninauagaon Police arrested five accused.
Similarly on 12 Oct CWC member Soudamini Rath was murder brutally by his driver in Bijipur but the Gosaninauagaon Police arrested the main accuse and his associate promptly.
Recently Bada Bazar Police seized around 8.48 gram of brown sugar and arrested three persons including a lady in this connection.
