- Weather | Horoscope | Stocks
expressindia web
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShoppingTendersClassifieds OpinionsTravel Career
| Make this your homepage | Archive
Expressindia » Story

No arrests yet in Salt Lake theft

Font Size -

Express news service

Posted online: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 at 02:09:01


Kolkata, February 5 Police are still clueless about the burglary which took place at BB Block in Salt Lake last Sunday, where the burglars escaped with cash and jewellery.

Bidhannagar police said that they have conducted combing operations at Salt Lake and adjacent areas, including Lake Town, Baguihati and Sribhumi. “No one has been arrested so far. But we have detained some people for interrogation,” said a senior police officer of Bidhannagar (North) police station.

Locals maintained that after the construction of footbridges on Kestapur canal, cases of robbery have increased in Salt Lake. “It’s easy for miscreants to cross the canal, commit robbery and flee through the footbridges,” said Tapu Saha, a resident of GD Block, Salt Lake.

He added that through the footbridges, miscreants coming from Lake Town and Dakshin Dari, can easily reach residential areas in Salt Lake.

Basudeb Aich, Secretary, Bidhannagar Welfare Association, said: “The only way to control this menace is to increase police patrolling in the area. Policemen should be present at every crossing.”

“During the tenure of Praveen Kumar as SP, incidents of thefts had come down in the area. Then the policemen used to hold meetings with residents and accordingly design police patrols. But with the arrival of the new SP, Supratim Sarkar, that practice has been stopped causing a sudden spurt in robberies in Salt Lake,” said Ashesh Mukherjee, Councilor of ward number 5 of Bidhannagar Municipality.

Sarkar, however, cited poor infrastructure as the reason behind the failure in containing theft incidents in the area. “We have only one patrolling van, which is not sufficient. We have demanded three more vans and also need more manpower,” he said.

Rate this Article
0
Rating
Bookmark this Page
Ads by Google
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views represented here are not neccesarily endorsed by www.expressindia.com and its allied websites. All messages will be moderated and no message that has inflammatory, abusive, derogatory language or any language deemed unfit for publication by the editor will be displayed. Though it will be endeavoured that as many messages as possible be displayed, there will be time lag between the submission and publication of the messages. The website reserves the right to publish or reject any message.
I agree to the terms of use.
© 2008 Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map