Special squads formed to probe serious offences

March 30, 2015 12:00 am | Updated November 12, 2016 12:16 am IST - MADURAI:

Madurai: For Daily: 29/04/2010.Policemen deployed in front of Government Hospital in Sattur.

Madurai: For Daily: 29/04/2010.Policemen deployed in front of Government Hospital in Sattur.

The State police have formed serious crime squad in six commissionerates and 14 district units to probe offences such as murder, murder for gain, rape, kidnap and kidnap for ransom.

All those serious criminal cases in which the local police find it difficult to fix the accused would be transferred to the serious crime squad that would investigate and conduct their trial in the courts of law.

“This is to expedite the probe and bring the criminals to book and take the cases to their logical conclusion at the earliest. Thereby, the State government proposes to reduce such serious offences,” a senior police officer told The Hindu .

The State government had announced formation of the squad in 2014. The squad, headed by two Inspectors of Police, would be attached with the Central Crime Branch in the commissionerates and with the District Crime Branch in the district units.

“The local police are often burdened with the routine chores and security work that they are not able to focus on investigating those crimes that have bigger impact on society,” the officer said.

The squad with four Sub-Inspectors of Police and eight men of other ranks will be dedicated only to probe serious offences. “With a much more focussed approach, the probe could be done faster and accused be arrested at the earliest,” the officer said.

The squads are in the process of collecting a database of serious crimes recorded in the units for the last 10 years, the criminals involved in those cases and those detained under the Goondas Act in the last five years.

“Once the database is ready, the squad would be able to follow those criminals and share intelligence with units in the other districts and commissionerates. This will also help in zeroing-in on suspects,” another police officer said.

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