Trichy city police act against 2,975 offenders

Trichy: Trichy city police have slapped Goondas Act on 19 people including five rowdies labelled as history-sheeters in the past three months. Police said they were involved in crimes including robbery at knife point, sale of drugs and a few other crimes inimical to peace in the society and the general public. Police commissioner M Sathiya Priya said the action was taken as an on-going crackdown against rowdies involved in anti-social activities, people indulging in sexual crimes against women and anti-social elements to maintain law and order and prevent crimes. They took action against 2,975 offenders under sections of IPC, local and special Acts from January to March. They arrested 23 people for ganja peddling in public places and near educational institutions. They booked 108 people for selling banned gutka products, 371 bootleggers, 36 online lottery sellers and 62 involved in gambling and 1,766 people involved in public nuisances. The city police also recommended issuing security bonds to 342 offenders to prevent them from causing disturbance to public peace. Six including five rowdies were jailed for violating the bond.