Jaipur:
It is an unique effort to check the ever-escalating hoax calls threatening bomb blasts. The Rajasthan Police who've faced a barrage of false bomb threats since the serial blasts in Jaipur last May, have now decided to act tough with pranksters. And hoax callers will now be made to pay for all the expenses incurred in searching for bombs and explosives.
Jaipur's Wahiduddin may soon become India's first man to pay a compensation or his hoax threat. His call in April had claimed that Jaipur would witness a series of blasts. Investigations later proved that he made the hoax call to implicate his son-in-law with whom he wanted to settle a personal score. But now the police want Wahid to pay nearly 2 lakh rupeesfor all the trouble he put them through.
"We had to deploy dog squads, fire brigades, ambulances, bomb disposal squads and several police officials. We have calculated all the money that was spent to tackle this fake bomb threat and asked the Court to make him pay for all this. We want to recover all the money from him and deposit it in the Government treasury," said Pakaj Singh, IG, Jaipur Police.
Ever since the blasts in Jaipur last year, mischief-makers have often taken the police for a ride through hoax calls.
In the past 6 months, the police have received 11 blast threats - all fake. And now the police say that hoax callers with a criminal record will also be charged under PASA, the state's tough act for Prevention of Anti-Social Activities.
"We are sure that this will have a deterrent effect for besides normal cases, we will also initiate action against hoax callers under the tough laws of PASA," put forth Pakaj Singh.
After the blasts killed 68 people in Jaipur, even hoax threats create panic among people. But if their new steps help to prevent bomb scares in future, the Rajasthan Police may well have taken a major step in the right direction.
Jaipur's Wahiduddin may soon become India's first man to pay a compensation or his hoax threat. His call in April had claimed that Jaipur would witness a series of blasts. Investigations later proved that he made the hoax call to implicate his son-in-law with whom he wanted to settle a personal score. But now the police want Wahid to pay nearly 2 lakh rupeesfor all the trouble he put them through.
"We had to deploy dog squads, fire brigades, ambulances, bomb disposal squads and several police officials. We have calculated all the money that was spent to tackle this fake bomb threat and asked the Court to make him pay for all this. We want to recover all the money from him and deposit it in the Government treasury," said Pakaj Singh, IG, Jaipur Police.
Ever since the blasts in Jaipur last year, mischief-makers have often taken the police for a ride through hoax calls.
In the past 6 months, the police have received 11 blast threats - all fake. And now the police say that hoax callers with a criminal record will also be charged under PASA, the state's tough act for Prevention of Anti-Social Activities.
"We are sure that this will have a deterrent effect for besides normal cases, we will also initiate action against hoax callers under the tough laws of PASA," put forth Pakaj Singh.
After the blasts killed 68 people in Jaipur, even hoax threats create panic among people. But if their new steps help to prevent bomb scares in future, the Rajasthan Police may well have taken a major step in the right direction.
