Concerned over the mounting cases of loot and snatching incidents in State capital Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate police on Monday decided to deploy special teams at every police station in the city.
City DCP Umashankar Dash said a Special Officer would be engaged at each police station in the city. As many as four Constables would work under the Special Officer who would lead each team which would be known as ‘Special 26’ team.
The ‘Special 26’ teams would handle only loot and snatching cases in the city, the DCP added.The move comes amid a spiral in cases of loot and snatching in Bhubaneswar recently Looters and snatchers have been cocking a snook at the police by committing crimes in broad daylight.
In one of such cases in the city , armed bike-borne snatched a gold chain from a woman, who was plucking flowers in morning hours in front of her house at Khandagiri Bari on Sunday. The snatcher also attacked the woman before decamping with her gold chain.
