10,000 criminals on the loose in city

SANJoY RaY
GUWAHATI, March 22 – At least 10,000 criminals wanted in connection with different criminal cases are moving freely in and around the city. These include over 4,000 criminals against whom warrants of arrest have been issued by different courts in connection with city crimes, but which are yet to be executed by City Police.

Moreover, at least 6,000 people wanted in connection with some 10, 000 pending criminal cases are still to be traced.

These cases are pending with various police stations in Guwahati.

“It is very unfortunate that the department concerned does not seem too worried about the issue, which has emerged as a grave threat to the security of the common man,” sources in the police department revealed before The Assam Tribune.

“Owing to various reasons, the department, over the years, remained confined to keeping a track of the activities of insurgent groups, which has resulted in such a scenario, but even at this moment there is hardly any concern expressed by the department,” sources asserted.

“Such a lackadaisical approach on the part of the authority concerned has compounded the woes of the Guwahatians who have been at the receiving end of the growing criminal activities,” the sources stated.

“Manpower crunch is leading to an increased workload but it is not the only factor behind such a scenario. We, at times, become complacent about the petty criminals, the price for which we are paying now,” the sources said.

“The crime graph is on the rise and the authorities continue to remain unmindful about it,” the sources reiterated.

“The law enforcing agencies are so concerned with militancy-related issues that petty criminals are having a free run in the city,” the sources stated.

“Even our prisons are overcrowded and even if half of them are arrested in due course of time, there is hardly any place to accommodate them,” another senior official pointed out. ASSAM TRIBUNE