Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Oct 6: Two criminals were detained under the Public Safety Act here today.
Vikas Slathia alias Vicky, son of Ravinder Singh of Gurha Morh Tehsil Vijaypur, District Samba and Akshay Sharma, son of Banarsi Dass of Gudwal Tehsil Ramgarh District Samba are habitual criminals and their activities pose a great threat to public peace and tranquillity, the police said in a statement here.
They were involved in a number of criminal activities for which many cases were registered against them at different police stations in Samba over the past decade, they said.
“Keeping in view their repeated involvement in criminal activities, dossiers were prepared by Senior Superintendent of Police (Samba) and forwarded to District Magistrate who formally issued the order of their detention under the PSA”, they added.
The detention warrants were executed by special teams of Ramgarh and Vijaypur Police Stations. Slathia is lodged in the District Jail Kathua and Sharma in the District Jail Jammu, they said.
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