MP: More than 9,000 persons held in all-night combing operation
Bhopal, Dec 11: More than 9,000 persons with offences against their names have been held in a combing operation conducted in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday across Madhya Pradesh, police officials said.
The operation, in which more than 17,000 personnel were deployed, was conducted with the aim of maintaining security, peace as well as law and order by ensuring the arrest of absconding criminals, execution of permanent and arrest warrants and checking of criminals who were externed from one district to another, an official release said.
It said officials of the ranks of additional director generals of various zones, deputy inspector generals, superintendents of police and other ranks took part, leading to the arrest of 9,000 criminals, some of whom were on the run.
These include about 6,000 criminals against whom arrest warrants were pending, 2,600 permanent warrants, about 100 absconding persons and 200 carrying rewards, it said.
It said more than 1,000 history-sheeters externed from various districts were also monitored.
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Bengal: Hundreds stage protest over 'threats' by TMC workers
Kolkata (PTI): Demanding safety after counting of votes, hundreds of villagers staged a protest in Falta in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, alleging they were receiving life threats from TMC workers in the area.
The protesters, many of them women and holding BJP flags, blocked the road in Hasimnagar village, alleging that local panchayat pradhan Israfil, a close associate of TMC candidate Jehangir Khan, issued them threats of attacks after poll results are announced.
The CRPF deputy commandant visited the area with a large force and assured the demonstrators of ensuring their safety.
Khan dismissed the allegations and said the women were "deployed" by the BJP to stage the demonstration and engineer the arrest of TMC functionaries in the area before the counting to "harm the morale of the TMC supporters".
"If the charges are proved, I am ready to face the law," he said.
Fatima Bibi, one of the protesters belonging to the BJP's Mahila Morcha, claimed Israfil and his men "have been visiting the area since April 30 and threatening us that there would be bloodshed from May 5. We demand CRPF remain in the area".
The CRPF official said, "We are here to instill confidence among the people with support of the local police, We have assured them of full security."
An Election Commission official said a report has been sought about the protests from the district administration.
