No place for rowdies in Chennai, says Police Commissioner
The Hindu
The city police have launched a ‘storming operation’ and are keeping tabs on 6,000 rowdies, seizing weapons and obtaining bonds from history-sheeters to keep the peace, Shankar Jiwal said
Chennai Police Commissioner, Shankar Jiwal, on Friday, said a series of steps have been taken to ensure the city is free of rowdies.
The city police have launched a 48-hour storming operation in the city following the direction of Director General of Police (DGP) C. Sylendra Babu, after a couple of beheading incidents were reported in the State.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.