Constable brings errant son to book

Investigating Officer Inspector J B Gadhvi said: “He was very angry that both his sons were into criminal activities since long. This time,when we couldn’t find Latif,Hala personally came to the police station and assured us that he will get the accused arrested. He told us,‘I’ll trace him and arrest him’,and he has kept his promise.”

Elsewhere,a policeman posted at Ellisbridge said they arrested Latif from the NID campus as they were aware that he would be coming there.

He said some people wanted to hide Hala’s association with the son and have projected that the two have separated. Meanwhile,the police have recovered one gold chain from Latif and have said more valuables could be recovered post-interrogation. The police have registered a case of theft against Latif and further investigations are on.

RECENT CASES

* Latif Hala,son of Constable Abdul of Vastrapur police,was involved in a chain-snatching incident at Ellisbridge on Saturday. He was reported absconding and arrested on Wednesday from the NID campus. Hala was earlier caught thrice in 2007 by the Maninagar police for chain-snatching and under PASA. His brother Salim is serving a jail term for a murder.

* Jitendra and Narendra Shekhawat,sons of former SRPF personnel Birju Singh,were caught for vehicle thefts,chain-snatching. They were booked in September 2009.

* Of the three convicts in the Surat gangrape case,two are policemen’s sons. Shahid Sayyed is the son of a circle inspector of Dholka Town in Ahmedabad,while his cousin Tariq Sayyed is the son of a Surat constable.