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Holy books bless new police chowky
Verses From Quran And Gita Chanted At Its Inauguration
Sarfaraz Shaikh | TNN
Ahmedabad: The newly-built Aslali-Bhata police chowky in the sensitive Fatehwadi area of Juhapura was inaugurated with the blessings of both the Holy Quran and the Bhagvad Gita. Fatehwadi had become something of a haven for criminals from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as was revealed after the arrest of the criminals who had killed bullion trader Hitesh Zaveri. The accused were found hiding in Fatehwadi.
Ahmedabad rural police and local residents came together to build the police chowky so that cops were prominently visible in the area. But the mere presence of police was not enough. The cops had to think of some way to win the confidence of local people. For that, the rural police came up with the idea of inaugurating the chowky amid chanting of verses from the Quran and the Gita.
DySP P O Bhatt said that the police needed support of the local people to drive out criminals from the locality.
“We could have done nothing to free Fatewadi from crime without involving the local people. We wanted to send out the message that we want to work for people of Fatewadi which has a large Muslim population. The best thing that we could have done was to inaugurate the chowky on a note of communal harmony. For that we called in a Maulvi and a Pandit to recite verses from the two holy books,” said Bhatt.
Sub-inspectors Chetansinh Rathod and P B Jadav also said that the inauguration has had a positive impact. Now many residents approach the police with complaints against anti-social elements who, at one time, were holding the entire area to ransom.
“Not only that, we have women approaching us with appeals to free their husbands from vices such addiction to alcohol,” said Rathod.
Local residents agree. They say that they now feel more secure. “Now, goons don’t roam freely in the area. Local gangs have gone underground for the time being but we fear they will surface again. For now, however, we have the police to give us security. Constant and concentrated efforts are needed to keep the locality crimefree,” said Soeb, a local resident who works for a private company.
It may be recalled that after UPbased gang of criminals involved in the loot and murder of Hitesh Zaveri was nabbed from Fatehwadi, the rural and the city crime branch had combed the entire locality.
For communal harmony, cops invited a Maulvi and a Pandit to recite verses from holy books
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Verses From Quran And Gita Chanted At Its Inauguration
Sarfaraz Shaikh | TNN
Ahmedabad: The newly-built Aslali-Bhata police chowky in the sensitive Fatehwadi area of Juhapura was inaugurated with the blessings of both the Holy Quran and the Bhagvad Gita. Fatehwadi had become something of a haven for criminals from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as was revealed after the arrest of the criminals who had killed bullion trader Hitesh Zaveri. The accused were found hiding in Fatehwadi.
Ahmedabad rural police and local residents came together to build the police chowky so that cops were prominently visible in the area. But the mere presence of police was not enough. The cops had to think of some way to win the confidence of local people. For that, the rural police came up with the idea of inaugurating the chowky amid chanting of verses from the Quran and the Gita.
DySP P O Bhatt said that the police needed support of the local people to drive out criminals from the locality.
“We could have done nothing to free Fatewadi from crime without involving the local people. We wanted to send out the message that we want to work for people of Fatewadi which has a large Muslim population. The best thing that we could have done was to inaugurate the chowky on a note of communal harmony. For that we called in a Maulvi and a Pandit to recite verses from the two holy books,” said Bhatt.
Sub-inspectors Chetansinh Rathod and P B Jadav also said that the inauguration has had a positive impact. Now many residents approach the police with complaints against anti-social elements who, at one time, were holding the entire area to ransom.
“Not only that, we have women approaching us with appeals to free their husbands from vices such addiction to alcohol,” said Rathod.
Local residents agree. They say that they now feel more secure. “Now, goons don’t roam freely in the area. Local gangs have gone underground for the time being but we fear they will surface again. For now, however, we have the police to give us security. Constant and concentrated efforts are needed to keep the locality crimefree,” said Soeb, a local resident who works for a private company.
It may be recalled that after UPbased gang of criminals involved in the loot and murder of Hitesh Zaveri was nabbed from Fatehwadi, the rural and the city crime branch had combed the entire locality.
For communal harmony, cops invited a Maulvi and a Pandit to recite verses from holy books
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