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Failing to tackle chain snatchers, cops take to moral policing
Updated On: 09 May, 2013 07:37 AM IST | | Sandip Kolhatkar
Police personnel quizzed, penalised and even released a press note with details of several people sitting on Z Bridge ufffd a popular evening hangout for youngsters ufffd yesterday. Cops said they were acting on the possibility that snatchers were hiding in the vicinity, and claimed that couples were indulging in obscene acts at the spot.
It appears the city police has rightly diagnosed the malaise of chain snatching plaguing the city, but has come up with an unsound line of treatment. In what can only be described as moral policing, Vishrambaug police yesterday took action against 21 youths sitting on Z Bridge, which comes under the jurisdiction of Deccan police station — and also made their names public through a press note.u00a0

Wrong turn: u00a0Cops say no chain snatcher was found on Z Bridge during the drive, but they penalised people for inappropriately parking their vehicles on the road. Pic/Krunal Gosaviu00a0
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