Police asked to step up vigil in Nagpur

Leaders of the community also offered financial help to the city police in case funds were required towards procuring infrastructure. They urged Singaravel to set up more police chowkies in residential areas, which could be accessible to common people at a short notice. They also demanded increased patrolling in the city.

The leaders told Gadkari and Singaravel that the recent spate of dacoities and murders in the city, have instilled a feeling of insecurity in the minds of the people. Besides, the police was lagging behind in conducting intensive patrolling due to shortage of manpower, they alleged.

The members further suggested that the police should create a separate cell for VIP programmes which would relieve regular police personnel from grinding duties.

In his reply, Gadkari said that he too shared the concern shown by the community over the law and order situation and added that people should not lose faith in the efficiency of the police machinery. He assured the delegation that police patrolling would be intensified. Gadkari also said that he has pledged to make all street-lights in the city functional.

Singaravel denies keeping CM in dark

The city police have denied that Chief Minister Manohar Joshi, who was in the city on Saturday, was not informed about the four murders in the Hinganghatwala family in Byramji town.

A press release issued by the Commissioner of Police, T Singaravel, says that the news came when the Chief Minister had already left for Aurangabad and refuted the report which appeared in The Indian Express here recently, which claimed that the police had kept Joshi in the dark over the incident. To substantiate his claim, a time-wise list of developments in the case has been attached with the press release.

As per this list, one Amir Sahil informed Sadar police at 12.05 pm that he found blood on the door of the Hinganghatwala family. The Sadar police acted upon the information and it was at 12.30 pm that the Sadar police mobile was directed by Control Room to reach the spot.

At 13.08 hours, the Chief Minister reached Sonegaon airport and left for Aurangabad. And at 13.09 hours, the first wireless message communicating the murders at Hinganghatwala residence was aired by Sadar police mobile.