Chennai: Following two brutal murders in quick succession in Chennai, police took action to prevent further crimes and arrested 285 rowdies.
Last Saturday, TVK functionary Kannan was brutally hacked to death in Besant Nagar, Chennai. This murder took place on the very days when the Legislative Assembly session was in progress.
Before this commotion could subside, a supporting actor named Pradeep Raj was murdered in the Thiruvottiyur area. As these two murders are said to have taken place due to prior enmity, the back-to-back murder incidents in Chennai shocked the public.
Following this, in order to prevent such murder incidents from taking place again in Chennai, Police Commissioner Amalraj ordered the intensification of precautionary measures.
In particular, the police began an operation to identify and arrest rowdies with old enmities and their gangs, those involved in various criminal cases, those who were absconding without appearing in court even after warrants were issued, and criminals listed in the police department’s history sheets.
For this, police teams led by all station inspectors carried out surprise raids and inquiries at various places the night before yesterday.
The police intensively searched for those with prior criminal backgrounds, rowdies whose history sheets are being maintained, and those who were absconding.
In the intensive search operation conducted across Chennai from the night before last until yesterday evening, a total of 285 people with criminal backgrounds and history-sheet rowdies were arrested, including 108 in the North Zone, 38 in the West Zone, 94 in the South Zone, and 45 in the East Zone.
Police Commissioner Amalraj has said that the police department is continuing to take intensive measures to maintain law and order in Chennai and prevent crimes.
Furthermore, he has warned that strict legal action will be taken against those who engage in criminal activities in a manner that disrupts law and order or creates a threat to the public.
