Keep tabs on religious events as criminals using them to evade arrest: U.P. DGP
Hindustan TimesIn the wake of criminals using religious events to conceal their identity and evade arrest after committing crime, Uttar Pradesh director general of police Prashant Kumar on Monday issued directives to all districts and police commissionerates to keep a watch on people attending such programmes. The state police have come across several cases wherein criminals after committing crime attended religious events to take refuge and evade arrest. Recently, after the arrest of a criminal, it came to light that after committing a criminal activity, criminals attended religious events to evade arrest,” the DGP said. “It was during the probe of this incident that it came to light that criminals after committing crime were taking part in religious events to evade arrest,” the DGP said.
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