The Jharkhand High Court Yesterday (August 5th) summoned Director General of Police Anurag Gupta and Ranchi SSP Chandan Kumar Sinha to appear in person to explain what action the police are planning to curb the rising crime graph in the state capital. DGP Gupta, accompanied by Ranchi SSP Sinha and Kotwali DSP Prakash Soy, appeared before the bench. They informed the court that the Ranchi police had formed a special investigating team after the murder of advocate Gopi Krishan.
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RANCHI: On Monday, the Jharkhand High Court summoned Director General of Police Anurag Gupta and Ranchi SSP Chandan Kumar Sinha to appear in person to address the rising crime rates in the state capital.
The division bench, consisting of Acting Chief Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Arun Kumar Rai, issued the order following the recent murders of an advocate in the Ranchi district court and special branch police officer Anupam Kachhap.
DGP Gupta, accompanied by Ranchi SSP Sinha and Kotwali DSP Prakash Soy, appeared before the bench. They informed the court that the Ranchi police had formed a special investigating team after the murder of advocate Gopi Krishan.
“The police immediately swung into action and collected intelligence reports, which led to the arrest of two suspects, Roshan Munda and Sandeep, following an exchange of fire.”
Gupta informed the court that the investigation into the motive behind the lawyer’s murder is ongoing and more facts will soon be revealed. The bench further directed the DGP to ensure
“adequate security is provided to the bereaved kin of advocate Gopi Krishan.”
Krishan was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant on August 2 while he was outside his residence in Madhukam, under the jurisdiction of Sukhdevnagar police station in the capital.
In a separate matter, the High Court also ordered the DGP to formulate a standard operating procedure for the police to address the rising use of drugs and narcotic substances in the state.
The bench stated that-
“satellite mapping should be done of places in Khunti and other districts which have become hot spots for opium cultivation.”
The court noted that opium is illegally cultivated in the jungles and is sold both within and outside the state. Such practices, it emphasized,
“need to be curbed immediately.”
The court was hearing a PIL initiated suo motu on the increasing drug consumption in the capital. The case is scheduled to be heard again on August 19.
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