Police enhance security ahead of Sankranti celebrations, target cockfights and gambling

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Police conducting drone surveillance astatine  a forested country  adjacent   Lepakshi successful  Sri Sathya Sai territory  connected  Sunday.

Police conducting drone surveillance astatine a forested country adjacent Lepakshi successful Sri Sathya Sai territory connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

The constabulary person stepped up information measures up of Sankranti, combining precocious exertion with ground-level consciousness campaigns, to curb anti-social activities specified arsenic cockfights and gambling crossed Sri Sathya Sai district.

The constabulary connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) conducted peculiar drone surveillance successful the wood and peripheral areas to show suspicious movements and forestall unlawful activities. Drones were deployed successful Tilak Nagar country of Lepakshi mandal. The aerial surveillance covered terrain features, entree routes, h2o bodies, and susceptible locations.

Speaking to the media successful Dharmavaram, Deputy SP Hemanth Kumar said that strict ineligible enactment would beryllium taken against those organising, participating, and encouraging prohibited activities.

The Deputy SP cautioned that cases would beryllium registered nether the Gaming Act against violators and urged the nationalist to study immoderate instances of cockfighting oregon gambling to the police. He appealed to residents to observe Sankranti successful a traditional, peaceful, and law-abiding manner.

Published - January 11, 2026 06:57 p.m. IST

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