As Rajasthan records a spike in extortion, firing and other gang-related cases, state police finally go after organised crime networks and history-sheeters, both on the ground and online
THE CLEAN-UP ACT: Police take away a suspect at Kotputli during statewide raids on April 25. (Photo: Purushottam Diwakar)
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot seemed to have taken a leaf out of Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath’s book in his address at the Rajasthan Police Foundation Day event in Jaipur on April 16. “Our police will not be cowed down,” he declared. “Gangsters and criminals should either surrender or they will be ruined.” That same day, the reward money on fugitives was enhanced after a decade, with the state’s top cop getting the powers to announce a reward of Rs 5 lakh, up from Rs 1 lakh.