Vijayawada, January 27: Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Friday said that the teams, appointed to investigate the cases of desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram in East Godavari district, had got vital clues about the incidents.
Talking to media persons, after conducting a review meeting at Police Commissionerate here, the DGP said that those responsible for disfiguring of statues would be arrested by Saturday.
“It was the handiwork of local elements and police have got all vital clues in this connection,” he added. He said the government was planning to form gram committees to protect the statues of national leaders. He claimed that normalcy had returned to Konaseema region and that the situation was under control.
The DGP that additional forces, deployed to maintain law and order in the town, would be withdrawn once the situation improved.
He said that cyber police station would be set up in Vijayawada, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam in view of the increase in cyber crime cases in these areas. Also, 24 sub-control rooms would be established in the limits of Vijayawada Commissionerate, Krishna and West Godavari districts, he added. He also revealed that a Deputy Superintendent of Police would be appointed in each Assembly segment to take care of law and order.
He said that the government had decided to increase wages and allowances of Home Guards, issue them bus passes and extend Arogyasri scheme benefits.