Vizag cops focusing on crimes committed by auto drivers
Visakhapatnam: With crimes involving auto drivers on the rise in the city, the police are planning to create Whatsapp groups of autorickshaw drivers under each police station to monitor their activities. The city has 23 law and order police stations.
An estimated 45,000 autorickshaws ply on city roads.
Each police station will maintain Whatsapp groups of drivers in their areas. City police chief Manish Kumar Sinha said the groups will also help in creating awareness about the Indian Penal Code and punishments.
“We plan to have separate Whatsapp groups for each police station. Police have already analysed the crime scene in the city and major offenders from each sector. Each police station will monitor movement of autos in their respective areas,” he said.
Cops are also planning to maintain night register at auto stands. “All autos plying on city roads at night need to register their details at the auto stands. If we can control offences committed by auto drivers or gangs of which they are a part of, crime rate in the city will come down,” the police chief said adding that the details would be fed into the system to monitor them online.
“We plan to have separate Whatsapp groups for each police station. Police have already analysed the crime scene in the city and major offenders from each sector. Each police station will monitor movement of autos in their respective areas,” he said.
Cops are also planning to maintain night register at auto stands. “All autos plying on city roads at night need to register their details at the auto stands. If we can control offences committed by auto drivers or gangs of which they are a part of, crime rate in the city will come down,” the police chief said adding that the details would be fed into the system to monitor them online.
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