Hazaribag: Ahead of Durga Puja, Hazaribag police carried out pre-dawn raids and verification drives at 169 locations across the district on Thursday to maintain law and order and deter criminal activity during the festive season.A total of 28 teams, comprising 162 police personnel, verified the whereabouts and activities of 43 individuals who had been earlier arrested in theft, robbery, and snatching cases and now out on bail or after serving jail terms and released them on PR bonds. Two persons were arrested and sent to judicial custody.The exercise aimed at preventing repeat offences and strengthen preventive policing. “Such drives would continue throughout the festive period to ensure public safety, maintain peace and uphold law and order across the district,” SP Aman Kumar said.
