Hardoi : In an extraordinary event, roughly seventy-four criminals—classified as “history-sheeters”—entered the Ataria police station in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, carrying signs pledging to refrain from committing crimes, and they turned themselves in.
Tuesday was the date of the incident. The words on the placards said, “I swear I won’t commit a crime now, and I’m ready to go to jail.”)
Police had threatened to bulldoze their properties and take legal action against the relatives of history-sheeter criminals, threatening them with severe consequences.
These criminals were named in cases of extortion, theft, burglary not only in the district but also in the adjoining districts like Sitapur, Lucknow, Unnao and Rae Bareli.
Hardoi Superintendent of Police K.C. Goswami said that 10 other history-sheeters of the police station were found to be in jail while 38 others were now in their old age, found to have left the world of crime and joined the mainstream.
Goswami said that police stations of the district have been directed to prepare a list of top ten accused in cases of crimes and then initiate action against them which also includes slapping of the Gangsters Act against them.
“The Act has provisions for seizure of property of these accused and also taking action against their aides and kin,” he said.
In keeping with a zero-tolerance policy, Additional DG for Lucknow Zone Piyush Mordia stated that in addition to the efficient crackdown being carried out in the districts against the mafia and gang lords, increased police awareness and UP 112 patrols have also contributed to the general public’s feeling of security.
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