- Combing operation required
Yavatmal, The Yavatmal district has a long history of criminal activities and gang wars. But in the incidents due to gang wars and antecedents in the district and Yavatmal city, it is now a law to use country-made pistols, revolvers and pistols while carrying out crimes in place of knives, swords. It has become a challenge to the system.
It is worth mentioning that it is very difficult to get firearms license from the Home Department by people with criminal activities, whereas before issuing its license and only after checking the crime record, the local administration and Home Department issues license to the applicant for self-protection. But in view of the rampant use of country-made pistols, revolvers and country-made pistols by people involved in criminal activities in the district, it has become a cause of concern for the district administration and the police administration.
In many incidents in the district, using country-made pistols, revolvers, there have been many incidents of murder by firing on people associated with gang war in the city, fatal attacks with pistols, revolvers. The graph of such incidents has increased in the last one and a half year, last year at SBI Chowk, people belonging to Akshay Rathod gang shot and killed Karan Paropte and recently, Sunil Divre, the operator of Agricultural Produce Market Market, was shot dead in the month of January. In Umarkhed, there has been an incident of murder of Dr. Hanumant Dharmakare by firing. In these, the administration of firearms is being considered as a kind of challenge being given by criminals to the administration.
It is worth mentioning that in Yavatmal city and various places of the district, before and during elections, festivals, to avoid unfair incidents and to maintain law and order and to maintain the dominance of the police on criminals, they should have fear of law, reduce incidents, for this on a large scale. But under the leadership of officers of different groups of police stations, they used to knock on the hideouts of criminals by running combing operations at the same time.
Secretly and by using their network, the police gather information and take action in this, during this activities of illegal arms search along with arresting the wanted accused, such combing operations could not be carried out on a large scale for a long time, If this series is run continuously, then the elements involved in the use of firearms, illegal weapons, including prevention in criminal activities in the district, can be taken into legal custody, such opinion is expressed by expert officers who study crime in the administration and take measures for prevention. Is.
According to the information received from the police sources, many times these illegal weapons come from Madhya Pradesh, among the illegal firearms that were caught in previous incidents or recovered in police action, the local police also got information related to it in the last few incidents, due to which the police have already done this. Is engaged in investigation in the direction.
District Superintendent of Police Dr. Dilip Patil Bhujbal had earlier informed the media about the arrival of such illegal firearms from Madhya Pradesh and the network of criminals for this. In such a situation, now the police should take strict action against these illegal weapons and people associated with it, such expectation is being expressed at all levels after increasing incidents.
Activities increased due to non-activation of anti gang cell
Let us tell you that for some years various criminal gangs are active in Yavatmal city, whose complete track record is present with the police administration. Such elements have now indulged in various illegal activities instead of gang wars. Prior to this, anti gang cell was formed mainly for more than 10 years in view of its supremacy in Bhaigiri and the incidents that led to it to crack down on organized crime in Yavatmal city.
In Yavatmal city, under the guidance of senior officers of the police department, organized crimes and gang wars were controlled to a great extent due to its strong network. But firearms are being used to a large extent in incidents in the district, due to which the need to make the cell fully active is being expressed.
Strict action will be taken against those possessing illegal firearms
Senior officers of the police administration are seen in a strong attitude after the use of firearms in many incidents. Recently, after the murder incident in Bhambraja of Yavatmal, Deputy Inspector General of Police of Amravati region Chandrakat Mina took information about such cases extensively from the police officers of the district. Meanwhile, he has directed to conduct search operation in the district and in Yavatmal city for illegal firearms, immediate clues of those possessing weapons and for comprehensive action.
Let us tell you that on the basis of application in the district administration and home department, the license to keep firearms for self-defense is granted, but in the last two years, the home department has largely rejected the applications seeking license weapons for various reasons, recently. Recently, District Magistrate Amol Yedge has rejected several applications submitted by the Home Department for possessing firearms.
Apart from this, many applications related to this are still with the Home Department, which have not yet been presented to the District Magistrate. In such a situation, the use of illegal firearms in the district is also a challenge before the police and the district administration, on which it is considered necessary to take a comprehensive action plan.