KRISHNAGIRI: As many as 61 countrymade guns were recovered by the police in the district during the past one week, A.G. Babu, Superintendent of Police, told ‘The Hindu’ on Wednesday.
He said instead of surrendering or handing over illegal guns to the police, people were dumping them at a common place and informing the police over phone. “Only four guns were handed over to me at a Border Vigilance Committee meeting held recently at Sigaranagappalli on the Andhra border near Veppanapalli,” he said.
This was achieved through the introduction of Beat Officer System by the district police. A police constable was appointed to look after two to three villages. He was accountable for the happenings in the respective villages. He was asked to maintain four registers such as Tenant, Servant, Locked House and Industrial Labourers. His duty was to enter the details when he got information from the Village Volunteer Forces besides retired ex-servicemen and police personnel from the designated villages.
The initiative had produced good results in the district. Mr. Babu hoped that at least another 200 illegal guns would be surrendered or dumped by the people very soon.