Bhagalpur police set to book criminals under CCA

BHAGALPUR: As part of measures to ensure security during the upcoming assembly polls, the Bhagalpur police are set to book about 250 notorious criminals under the Crime Control Act (CCA).
The police also wants them externed from the state, and have approached the district magistrate for the same. Almost every police station in the district has identified criminals or anti-social elements for externment .
Already names of 46 criminals have been recommended under Section III of CCA, while another 200 have been identified, against whom action will be taken.Steps like externment from the place of residence at the police station level or district-level or ‘zila badar’ in common parlance, will be taken against those who are potential threats or could disrupt peace, said SSP Ashish Bharti on Wednesday.
Maximum number of criminals whose names have been sent for invoking CCA, belong to Lodipur police station area. “The entire exercise is being done in view of the forthcoming elections in the state besides impending festivals like Durga Puja, Diwali, Chath etc in which peace, social harmony and sanctity is required,” the SSP added.
“The Crime Control Act (CCA), which came into existence on 12.8.1981, intends to suppress criminals and anti-social elements with a view to maintaining public order,” said a senior advocate associated with the Bhagalpur District Bar Association (BDBA), Rajesh Chandra Jha.