‘Operation Shieldnet’: 98 accused held in Tirunelveli City and district

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Police arrested 98 criminals including 41 hardcore offenders successful Tirunelveli City and 57 others successful Tirunelveli territory connected Wednesday nether the ‘Operation Shieldnet’, which was launched successful the South Zone connected instructions from Inspector General of Police, South Zone, Vijayendra Bidari.

The Tirunelveli City Police arrested 41 criminals including 37 history-sheeters and 4 different troublemakers who person been accused of selling banned narcotic substances and indulging successful unlawful activities and heinous crimes.

As the Tirunelveli City Police launched ‘Operation Shieldnet’, the intensive preventive policing thrust launched connected Wednesday (May 20), the criminals were nabbed and remanded successful judicial custody. Warrants person been pending against a fewer of them.

“This thrust volition proceed until the past troublemaker successful Tirunelveli metropolis is nabbed,” said Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, Shekhar Deshmukh.

In Tirunelveli district, 57 history-sheeters were taken into custody connected Wednesday nether this peculiar drive, Superintendent of Police V. Prassannakumar said.

“Based connected the constabulary records and their engagement successful transgression cases, the criminals were identified and arrested during Operation Shieldnet’, which volition proceed successful the days to come,” Dr. Prassannakumar said.

Published - May 21, 2026 07:52 p.m. IST

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