Letter: Afraid of Covid seems to have lost sting between criminal thoughts during the second wave unlike in the first wave of pandemic.
Although there was a decrease in the number of gambling and a prohibition of cases during locking and fear of the killer virus for 2020 in the city, the number of cases this time had returned to pre-covid time 2019.
Cocking a snook on social distance norms, gambling activities never stopped in the city.
Compared to 355 gambling cases in January to May 2019, the police registered 390 cases this year for the same period.
In this case, 2,018 was accused of being captured against 2,110 in 2019.
In terms of bootleging, the spirit was literally high among the innovating bootlegging that innovated their way to smuggle liquor.
In January to May 2019 the police had registered 790 cases in the ban on selling Foreign Liquor Made India (IMFL), while in 2021 a total of 703 cases were registered.
In the first five months of 2019, 1,001 Bootleggers were arrested, while 966 people were caught carrying liquor illegally.
Not only the IMFL, even the figure of the state liquor shows the second wave increase.
It should be noted that gambling and liquid Dens is a hub who saw a big meeting.
A liquor party held at Man Darwaja Prement is believed to be the trigger for the first wave in the city, according to senior health officials.
Apart from the arrest for gambling and bootleging, the police fined 78,508 people because they did not wear masks and collected 7.85 crore Rs penalty between April and May this year.
“The numbers themselves indicate that the police took strict action on all criminal activities.
We ensure that people are not involved in any activities that can spread infection,” said Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar.
“Gambling and liquor is addicted.
The addicts will try to get it at any cost, even their lives.
The addicts prefer their addiction compared to their lives,” said Rudresh Var, Head of the Department of Psychology, MTB Arts College.