Porvorim, July 24 (TNN): The government will take up with the judiciary the issue that thieves nabbed by police are frequently granted bail very quickly denying police the opportunity to investigate their crimes in detail, chief minister Manohar Parrikar told the Goa legislative assembly on Wednesday.
Parrikar also said the government will incorporate in the new police bill provisions to penalize house owners who do not get their tenants verified by police.
He made the statements in response to a starred question on ?criminal cases' by Bicholim independent MLA Naresh Sawal.
This is the second time in recent days that the CM has lamented that thieves secure bail very quickly. He informed the House that recently police cracked a case of auto thefts in which they unearthed the theft of about 15 vehicles. The court gave police one day custody of the accused, but when he was taken for further remand the next day, the court declined it on grounds that stolen property had been recovered.
Parrikar said it is difficult for police to investigate thoroughly when the accused gets bail quickly. The CM had related this incident at a media briefing six days ago, where he had also related how a chain-snatcher, who was nabbed by Ponda police, obtained bail after just a day's custody.
Talking about the difficulties faced by police in detecting crime, the CM, who is also the home minister, told the legislative assembly that lots of people keep migrants as tenants without getting their antecedents verified by police. For example, in a recent check in Maina-Curtorim, police found over 4,000 tenants whose house owners had not got them verified by police. Parrikar said that the new police bill will have provisions to penalize house owners who do not verify their tenants through police.
Parrikar informed the House that the police department recently recruited 602 constables and hence stations are now adequately staffed. Earlier, police stations were understaffed and overloaded, Parrikar said.