Police mount surveillance on 790 people with criminal links in city

Authorities collected details of offenders in a bid to pre-empt regrouping of criminal gangs

- SHAN A S @T'Puram

THE Thiruvananthapuram city police have enhanced surveillance on 790 people who have criminal antecedents and are prone to committing the offences again, within its limits.

The police painstakingly collected the details of the offenders in a bid to pre-empt regrouping of criminal gangs, which can pose a threat to law and order situation.

Highly placed sources said these men on their radar were being monitored on a day-to-day basis and because of that organised crimes have come down in the city limits.

Those people under watch include Om Prakash and Airport Dany, who had clashed during a DJ party that was organised by the latter in a city bar last week.

As per police records, most number of criminals were found residing or operating in Nemom, Thiruvallam, Valiyathura, Kazhakootam and Thumba police station limits.