Police up vigil to prevent movement of ‘freebies’

Karaikal: The Puducherry and Tamil Nadu police have launched efforts to hold joint operations along the interstate border in a bid to curb the movement of antisocial elements in view of the 2016 assembly polls. Senior superintendent of police (Karaikal) A K Gawas held a border district meeting with his counterparts from the Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts on March 16 to evolve strategies for preventing movement of cash, illegal arms, ammunitions, explosives, weaponry and alcohol.
“We have commenced checking at the borders to prevent movement of cash, freebies and liquor that could be used by political parties to influence the voters in forthcoming general elections,” said Gawas.
Puducherry and Tamil Nadu police decided to keep extra vigil and monitor the movement of bootleggers and antisocial elements. They exchanged details about the pending warrants issued against notorious rowdy elements, proclaimed offenders, absconders and trouble mongers besides phone numbers and email ids of the officials concerned for sharing vital information immediately.
Superintendent of police (Nagapattinam) D Kannan, additional superintendent of police (prohibition, Nagapattinam) P Thangadurai, deputy superintendent of police (Nannilam, Tiruvarur) R Arivanandham, superintendent of police (Karaikal-South) D Vamseedhara Reddy and superintendent of police (Karaikal – North) Gunasekaran and other police officers from Karaikal, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts participated in the meeting.