Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy, on Friday, said that the teams that were appointed to investigate the cases of
desecration of the Ambedkar statues in Amalapuram in East Godavari district had vital clues about the incidents.
Talking to media persons, after conducting a review meeting at Police Commissionerate at Vijayawada, the DGP said that those responsible for the disfiguring of the 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 that the government was planning to form
gram committees to protect the statues of national leaders.
He claimed that normalcy had returned to the Konaseema region, and that the situation there 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The DGP that additional forces, deployed to maintain law and order in the town, would be withdrawn once the situation improved.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 stations 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 will 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 their Arogyasri scheme benefits. (INN)