Chhattisgarh: With stabbing cases on rise, Raipur police ask e-commerce companies not to deliver knives

Raipur: After a number of incidents of stabbing, the Raipur police in Chhattisgarh have requested e-commerce web sites to not delivers knives to prospects. In his letter to Amazon and Flipkart, Raipur SSP Ajay Yadav requested the businesses to not ship foldable or button knives throughout the Raipur district. 

The SSP knowledgeable the e-commerce web sites concerning the rising instances of stabbing within the district and requested them to chorus from supplying the knives.

Over 24 offenders together with minors had been apprehended after over two dozens incidents of stabbing in Raipur within the final two weeks, in line with a report in Instances of India.  

In accordance with SSP Ajay Yadav, many offenders who had been arrested with the weapons have instructed police they’ve ordered the knives from e-commerce web sites and had been delivered to their houses.

“Other than on-line shops, there have been different sources from the place the offenders sourced the knives. We now have recognized few individuals who gave bulk orders for knives starting from low cost to costly ones. The minors and addicts who’ve easy accessibility to such individuals purchase and maintain the knives for defense or that provides them some sense of energy,”  the report quoted SSP Yadav as saying.

The police officer stated that they may monitor individuals who provide knives and arrest them based mostly on proof.

“I’ve written to those on-line buying platforms and each the businesses have promised to cooperate with the police, Yadav added.

These corporations have additionally been requested to share particulars of people that order knives from Raipur after rejecting their order in order that these individuals could be monitored by police. In accordance with police, police officers have additionally met with the manager of Amazon and Flipkart on this regard.