3 min readAhmedabadJul 8, 2025 03:59 AM IST
First published on: Jul 8, 2025 at 01:34 AM IST
Between March 15 and May 31, Gujarat Police passed more than 1,000 externment orders, averaging almost 13 tadipaar orders a day. The action taken in the last two and a half months or 77 days is part of steps being taken against alleged miscreants in the state under its whole-of-government approach in light of rising street violence.
According to Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay, who received a six-month extension to his tenure from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) earlier this month, the state police had taken various steps, ranging from demolition of illegal structures to snapping illegal power connections to preventive detention.
Sahay was speaking at the headquarters of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) after the completion of Monthly Crime Conference for May 2025, which was delayed after the June 12 plane crash.
Sahay said in the last two and a half months, after he passed orders to take action against miscreants in 100 days, a total of 586 illegal constructions and encroachments have been demolished across the state with help from civic bodies.
Further, 1,857 illegal electricity connections had also been severed during this period.
With regard to putting criminals behind bars, DGP Sahay said, “The police have filed 434 proposals in various courts asking them to cancel the bail granted to such persons. More than 1,000 ‘tadipaar’ externment orders had also been passed in this period.”
The police have also invoked Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities (PASA) Act against more than 800 people, said Sahay.
Regarding narcotics, DGP Sahay said that just like PASA in other criminal cases, there is provision for preventive detention in narcotics cases, which is known as PIT NDPS ( Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act. “We discussed this today and in the last fortnight, 17 people have been placed under detention under this rule,” he said.
“In cases of crimes committed for financial gains, we have done scrutiny of the bank accounts of more than 200 accused persons. This was done by cyber crime police,” said Sahay.
During the crime conference, the chief of Gujarat Police said the integrated 112 helpline will soon become operationalised in Gujarat.
The other main point of discussion was regarding coastal security, coastal patrolling, and the review of coastal police stations and marine task force. The work of the Special Operations Group (SOG) was also reviewed and officials discussed ways to make it better.
DGP Vikas Sahay at the headquarters of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad, Monday. 
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