KSPCA member seeks action against ‘nail mafia’

Karnataka State Police Complaints Authority (KSPCA) subordinate Mohan Kumar Danappa connected Friday wrote to the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner, urging strict enactment against miscreants allegedly placing robust nails connected nationalist roads to harm vehicles and extort wealth from motorists.

In his letter, Mr. Danappa stated that Bengaluru, being 1 of the astir densely populated cities successful the State, witnesses lakhs of vehicles plying connected roads. However, anti-social elements are allegedly taking vantage of the concern by scattering robust nails connected engaged roads, flyovers, underpasses and different high-traffic areas to intentionally puncture tyres.

According to the complaint, motorists are past forced to sojourn adjacent puncture repair shops, wherever they are allegedly charged exorbitant amounts for repairs. Mr. Danappa warned that specified acts not lone magnitude to cheating and nationalist harassment but besides airs a superior menace to roadworthy safety, expanding the hazard of accidents.

The missive further highlighted the information posed to exigency vehicles specified arsenic ambulances, occurrence work vehicles and constabulary patrol vehicles. Delays caused owed to punctures could effect successful nonaccomplishment of lives and impact catastrophe and exigency effect operations, helium noted.

Mr. Danappa besides pointed retired that citizens person repeatedly raised concerns implicit the contented connected societal media and done autarkic consciousness campaigns, portion respective nationalist media outlets person reported connected the alleged “nail mafia”. He alleged that specified activities are being carried retired openly adjacent successful definite constabulary presumption limits.

Seeking contiguous intervention, helium urged the Police Commissioner to place and instrumentality ineligible enactment against those progressive successful the unlawful act. He besides requested the constabulary officials to contented strict warnings to owners of puncture shops and support adjacent surveillance connected specified activities crossed the city.