The incidents of theft by suit-boot gang have increased during the wedding season. These thieves enter wedding parties posing as guests and make away with cash and jewelery in the blink of an eye. Raipur Police has planned to increase security to prevent these incidents. Thieves will be monitored through CCTV cameras and deployment of plainclothes policemen.
With the onset of cold, the incidents of theft in the city increase compared to other months. Along with local thieves, outsiders become active in stealing. In this context, incidents of theft at wedding ceremonies have increased in the last few years. Nearly a dozen incidents of theft at wedding ceremonies have been reported in the capital in the last two years. Due to this, the problems of the police have increased. To prevent incidents of theft, the police is asking to keep an eye on big weddings this time. For this, police personnel in plain uniform will be deployed around the venue of the function. The police is keeping an eye on the suitboot gang.
It is noteworthy that instead of organizing marriage ceremonies, people are organizing them in hotels and marriage palaces. Thieves gangs are taking advantage of this. The miscreants of the gang dress up and go to attend the wedding ceremony and among the guests, they steal away the gifts, jewelery and other valuables.
Police said keep CCTV cameras updated
According to Crime ASP Sandeep Mittal, operators of hotels, Dharamshala, marriage palaces organizing marriage ceremonies have been asked to update the CCTV cameras installed at their places. Also, it has been asked to write the number of TI along with the number of the nearest police station at the venue of the function. If any untoward situation arises when the police station and TI numbers are written, the police can be immediately informed about the incident.
Suit boot gang comes from Rajgarh
The suit boot gang that steals wedding ceremonies originally comes from Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. This gang of Rajgarh becomes active after Dev Uthani Ekadashi and forms different groups and comes here to commit theft. This gang works as a hawker during the day and does recce of hotels and marriage palaces. After this, the person doing Reiki shares the information about where the marriage ceremony is being held with his other friends..jpg)
After the theft, they give the goods to their other associates at the police station.
According to the police, after committing theft at a wedding ceremony, the miscreants of the gang give the stolen goods to another associate instead of keeping it for themselves. Instead of stopping here, the vicious person who receives the goods takes the goods and goes to his village.
The criminals associated with the gang of thieves know that where they have committed theft, they can be caught on the basis of CCTV. Therefore they give the stolen goods to their other associates. Therefore, even after being caught, the police are not able to recover the goods from the criminals of these thieves gangs.
The police team has been alerted in advance to prevent incidents of theft during wedding ceremonies. Suspects coming from other cities are being monitored. Information is being collected about the current location of those who have been arrested for theft at a wedding ceremony in the past. Lakhan Patle, ASP City
Do not commit crimes where you live.
According to the police, the gang of Rajgarh involved in theft in marriage ceremonies is so vicious that they generally avoid committing theft in the city where they make their base. The criminals of the gang go to commit theft in the city or district nearest to where they set up a place to live. Where the members of the thief gang set up a place to live, they only do the work of doing recce there.