AHMEDABAD: In an unexpected move, Ahmedabad’s super cop, 2007-batch
IPS officer Deepan Bhadran
who used to head the
city crime branch
was transferred as Jamnagar SP on September 18 replacing Shweta Shrimali. Very few knew that Bhadran was handpicked to put straight the law and order situation in the coastal town with a hard hand, especially to curb depredations of the land mafia.
DGP Ashish Bhatia
said Bhadran was sent to Jamnagar as part of their Operation Saurashtra which is going on in the region for past one and a half months.
Bhatia said, “They have caught about 41 accused who either had been on the run, or jumped parole or furlough or had escaped police custody. Among 9 absconders caught after jumping parole furlough, six are accused of murder, one accused of rape and the other two are involved in kidnapping of minor girls.”
Similarly, 16 of the 17 accused caught after jumping interim bail are murder accused, and with one also accused of rape. One accused had escaped from police custody, said Bhatia. According to the figures, Surendranagar has till now arrested 13 such accused while Rajkot Range came next with 11. “Before the posting of Bhadran, Jamnagar police had arrested 4 such accused,” said a senior police official.