Continuing a rigorous campaign ‘Night Combing Operation’ against absconding criminals and warrantees, police have nabbed total 283 absconding warrantees in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. It may be noted that under the direction of Superintendent of

 

Police, Sampat Upadhyay (IPS) police are conducting a special night combing campaign under the supervision of Additional SP (City), Anand Kaladgi (IPS), Additional SP (Crime), Samar Verma, Additional SP (Traffic), Pradeep Kumar Shende, Additional SP (Rural), Suryakant Sharma, Additional SP (Rural), Sonali Dubey, CSPs, DSPs and SDOPs to apprehend the absconding warrantees and taking preventive action against listed criminals. During the night combing, 2 to 3 teams from every police station led by SHOs and Sub Inspectors conducted a rigorous search for warrantees and absconding criminals from 9 pm midnight to 1:30 am on Sunday. Police have apprehended 132 non-bailable, 151 bailable warrantees and 78 arrest warrantees who were absconding since a long time. Besides this, four miscreants were apprehended in Gorakhpur, Cantt and Marhatal areas while possessing sharp edged weapons. The special campaign will be continued in coming days for implementing preventive policing in the district and maintaining law and order arrangements in the district.