A total of 45 suspected outlaws were killed and 260 were injured in 456 police encounters in the Hyderabad division in 2024, according to statistics released by the DIG Hyderabad's spokesperson on Monday. The encounters also resulted in the deaths of two police officers and injuries to 10 others.
The Hyderabad Range Police have claimed to have rounded up 20,539 suspects in the outgoing year besides busting 273 gangs of criminals including 108 gangs of robbers, 82 of thieves and 83 of vehicle lifters. The police also apprehended some 4,001 drug peddlers and nominated them in 3,111 FIRs.
However, the recovery of narcotics substances like heroin, ice and opium remained dismally low. The police seized 1.332 kg of heroin, 4.578 kg of ice and 1.022 grams of opium, which happen to be very expensive substances. However, 1,425 kg of hashish, 2,080 kg of bhaang and 107,848 litres liquour, which are comparatively far cheaper, were also recovered.
Likewise, the police nabbed 6,156 people who were allegedly involved in the banned production and sale of mainpuri and charged them in 4,610 FIRs. Finished products and raw material worth Rs890.87 million were seized from their possession.
The police also recovered 281 motorbikes and 36 four wheel vehicles from 723 arrested suspects who were nominated in 669 FIRs. Some 1,204 suspects were rounded up for allegedly possessing illegal weapons. The recovery of 15 Kalashnikovs, 997 pistols, 90 revolvers, 104 shot guns, 23 rifles and 8,668 bullets from those suspects has been shown in 2024.
The police put behind the bars 4,395 absconders and 1,375 fugitives. Five suspects allegedly involved in kidnappings for ransom incidents were killed in the police encounters and one was arrested. One of the kidnapped persons was also rescued while at least two were killed during police raids for their recovery in the outgoing year.
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