The City police have put in place a high-tech security plan for New Year’s Eve to ensure safe and peaceful celebrations. Sniffer dogs will be used to hunt down drug consumption on city roads, while drones will scan rooftops and isolated areas to prevent illegal activities. In addition, police will set up checking and nakabandi at 131 points across the city to keep strict watch on drunk driving and maintain law and order throughout the night. Around 2,500 policemen, from police constables to the Police Commissioner , will be deployed on city roads to ensure public safety and prevent any untoward incidents during the celebrations. Sniffer dogs to check drug consumption Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr Ravinder Kumar Singal said that rising drug consumption has been taken very seriously. To curb this menace, the police will use sniffer dogs to check vehicles on city roads. Three special dog squads will be deployed to detect drug use. “These dogs are trained to identify all kinds of narc...
Though the State’s conviction rate has been a cause of concern for the Government, Nagpur City Police’s record on this count has come as a breather for it. Compared to the conviction rate of 14 per cent for previous year, the City Police has registered conviction in 26 per cent in six months of current year. Conviction rate is number of cases per hundred in which court has held the accused guilty and awarded punishment. Maharashtra’s conviction rate has been a dismal single-digit for past some years. In 2012, it was 9.4 per cent only. This has prompted the State Government to initiate measures to increase conviction rate. In case of Nagpur city, the data with City Police reveals that conviction rate has registered an increase in first half of this year over the year 2012. Of a total 1,203 cases registered between January and June 2013, accused were convicted in 309 cases. In the year 2010, conviction rate for the city was only 5 per cent, which declined to 4 per cent in 20...