Early morning raids at the houses of rowdy sheeters

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: In an early morning operation, the Bengaluru South Division police conducted simultaneous raids at the residences of over 234 history sheeters in the city on Thursday.

According to the police, raids were carried out at Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Basavanagudi, Siddapura, Banashankari, Puttenahalli, Kumaraswamy Layout, Subramanyapura, Konanakunte, Talaghattapura, VV Pura, Shankarapura, Hanumanthanagar, Kempegowda Nagar, Girinagar and CK Achukattu Police Station limits in the city.

With the Model Code of Conduct placed, the police have stepped up security in the city and based on a few inputs regarding rowdy sheeters attempting to extort several officials, the Bengaluru Police initiated a raid to keep a tab on them.

The official said that during the raids, over 90 history sheeters were unavailable at their location and an effort is on to track their movements.

The police have obtained the fingerprints of the ones who were available at their residences.