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Police arrested 60 individuals for their alleged engagement successful 51 spot offenses that were reported successful April 2026, Commissioner of Police Shankabratha Bagchi said.
He was addressing a property league arsenic portion of the “Monthly Crime Mela,” a programme to little astir arrests and actions taken regarding spot offenses reported successful April 2026, astatine the constabulary league hallway connected Saturday (May 23, 2026).
Mr. Bagchi said that during April 2026, arsenic galore arsenic 68 cases of spot offenses were reported successful the city. Special teams formed to analyse the cases were capable to observe 51 of them utilizing method methods. He besides mentioned that spot worthy ₹33.67 lakh— which includes 924.14 grams of gold, 4,529.96 grams of silver, and ₹3.12 lakh successful cash—was recovered. Additionally, astir 473 missing mobile phones worthy ₹70 lakh were besides recovered. Altogether, the full worth of the spot recovered was astir ₹1.04 crore, helium said.
Of the full 51 cases detected, 2 were robberies, 3 were daytime location break-ins, 10 were night-time location break-ins, 1 was a snatching incident, 12 were motorcycle thefts, and 3 were car theft cases, among others.
Mr. Bagchi said that arsenic portion of preventive measures, during the period of April, arsenic galore arsenic 502 CCTV cameras were installed astatine assorted places successful the city. About 190 transgression consciousness meetings were conducted by the transgression helping officers, who created consciousness astir the types of crimes, criminals and the value of installation of CCTV cameras, helium added.
He besides said that peculiar patrolling successful transgression prone areas was conducted with transgression teams during time and night. Drone beats are besides being carried retired successful isolated areas for surveillance connected criminals and amerciable activities, helium said.
During the meeting, Mr. Bagchi, DCP Crimes Latha Madhuri and others elder constabulary officials handed implicit the stolen/lost spot to the rightful owners.
