The Sonepat police have launched a large-scale verification drive targeting offenders involved in serious crimes over the past decade as part of a state-wide initiative to strengthen surveillance and curb organized crime.
What is the RJSF Campaign?
The Haryana police have introduced a new initiative featuring a more scientific, technology-driven, and effective strategy to tackle crime and criminals. The specialized Rohtak-Jhajjar-Sonepat-Faridabad (RJSF) Unit, constituted for the state’s crime-sensitive districts of Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonepat, and Faridabad, is creating a comprehensive database of criminals involved in heinous crimes over the past decade. The unit is also maintaining continuous surveillance through physical verification of these offenders.
The primary objective of the initiative is to eradicate organized crime, monitor criminal activities in real time, and prevent potential crimes before they occur. The database includes detailed information on each offender’s criminal history, activities, contacts, social background, and current status. Apart from monitoring active criminals, the RJSF initiative also focuses on preventing the recruitment of new members into organized criminal gangs.
Pilot Project in Rohtak
The RJSF initiative was first launched as a pilot project in Rohtak district in April following directions from DGP Ajay Singhal. Rohtak Range IGP Simardeep Singh said 2,840 offenders had been identified in Rohtak, of whom 2,179 had already been verified. Dedicated police teams have been constituted to apprehend absconders and monitor the movements of habitual offenders. Following the success of the Rohtak model, the verification campaign has now been extended to Sonepat, Jhajjar, and Faridabad.
Offender Identification and Verification
Across the four districts, the police have identified 10,892 offenders involved in crimes such as murder, robbery, dacoity, extortion, drug trafficking, and property-related offences over the past 10 years. Physical verification of these offenders has begun through special operations. In Sonepat, the police have identified 4,834 offenders, of whom 847 have been physically verified. As part of a special day-long verification campaign conducted on Sunday across all police station jurisdictions, police teams verified 369 offenders in a single day.
During the verification drive, 736 offenders were found at their residences, 81 were lodged in jail, 12 were found to have died, and 18 were reported absconding. According to official data, Bahalgarh police verified 42 offenders, Gannaur 28, Barhi Industrial Area 50, Kundli 33, Murthal 37, and Rai 40 in the East Zone. In the West Zone, Civil Lines police verified 39 offenders, Kharkhoda 57, Sector 27 police 26, City police 36, and Sadar police 43. In the Gohana Zone, Baroda police verified 87 offenders, City Gohana police 151, Sadar Gohana police 111, and Mohana police 67 offenders.
Directions from ADGP Mamta Singh
ADGP Mamta Singh, Commissioner of Police, Sonepat, has directed all crime investigation units in the district to identify the whereabouts of absconding criminals and ensure their immediate arrest. She also instructed the concerned area police to maintain close surveillance on the activities of such offenders.
