Shivamogga district police have closed rowdy-sheets of 1,423 people in the last eight months. This has come as a surprise to the rowdy-sheeters, who were informed about the development. After a long time, the police have taken the step to close the sheets of so many people in a short span of time.
The Deputy Superintendents of Police in Shivamogga, Bhadravati, Sagar and Shikaripur called a meeting of the rowdy-sheeters on February 5 and informed them that their sheets had been closed. Many were under surveillance for long years, though they had not indulged in any criminal acts.
B.M. Laxmi Prasad, Superintendent of Police, told The Hindu the rowdy list was reviewed and the sheets of 1,423 were closed. “This was just calling all of them and intimating them about the closure. They were also asked not to indulge in any crimes and to support the police wherever possible”, he said. This exercise, the SP, would help the police focus on the actual active rowdies. “Now we have about 1,350 people still on the list”, the officer said.
