Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, Nov 02: With festive season going on and the people gearing up to celebrate it with great pomp and show, the pickpockets and thieves have started making strides in the busy markets and isolated houses.
It is not just the locals but the pickpockets from some neighboring states too have especially reached the city to make the most of the festive season.
According to sources in the police department, gangs of pickpockets from many neighboring including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have already landed in the city. Many of these pickpockets, who are mainly unidentified, are keeping the police on their toes.
Sources revealed that these gangs of pickpockets are well organised and work systematically and have already divided the entire city into beats. "These gangs have worked out their modus operandi and have fixed their targets including the city mini buses, railway stations and crowed areas, they added.
Source said that in carrying out their operation against the pickpockets, the policemen are facing problems because the pickpockets who have arrived from neighboring states are new having no past record in Jammu and Kashmir.
"It becomes difficult for us to recognise the pickpockets as during the festive season new ones whose record we do not have are coming”, he stated.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu zone Dilbag Singh said that, the in the festival season all security arrangement have been done by police department. The every nook or corner of the city the police officials have deployed in the festival season as well darbar move.
He appealed to all the people that if they notice pickpockets, then the information immediately be passed to police.
He further said that we would suggest people not to carry much cash with them when they have to go in crowded areas and keep their debit and credit cards in the upper pocket of their shirts," he added.
JAMMU, Nov 02: With festive season going on and the people gearing up to celebrate it with great pomp and show, the pickpockets and thieves have started making strides in the busy markets and isolated houses.
It is not just the locals but the pickpockets from some neighboring states too have especially reached the city to make the most of the festive season.
According to sources in the police department, gangs of pickpockets from many neighboring including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have already landed in the city. Many of these pickpockets, who are mainly unidentified, are keeping the police on their toes.
Sources revealed that these gangs of pickpockets are well organised and work systematically and have already divided the entire city into beats. "These gangs have worked out their modus operandi and have fixed their targets including the city mini buses, railway stations and crowed areas, they added.
Source said that in carrying out their operation against the pickpockets, the policemen are facing problems because the pickpockets who have arrived from neighboring states are new having no past record in Jammu and Kashmir.
"It becomes difficult for us to recognise the pickpockets as during the festive season new ones whose record we do not have are coming”, he stated.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu zone Dilbag Singh said that, the in the festival season all security arrangement have been done by police department. The every nook or corner of the city the police officials have deployed in the festival season as well darbar move.
He appealed to all the people that if they notice pickpockets, then the information immediately be passed to police.
He further said that we would suggest people not to carry much cash with them when they have to go in crowded areas and keep their debit and credit cards in the upper pocket of their shirts," he added.
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