Three involved in 24 cases arrested

The city police have arrested three persons allegedly involved in more than two-dozen cases of burglary and robbery.

The arrested persons are habitual of robbing laptops, LED bulbs, televisions, mobiles and jewelleries, police said.

Keeping in view the increase in number of burglary and robbery cases in the city, a special police team was constituted, said Ashok Gupta, deputy commissioner of police, west. On a tipoff, police arrested a burglar, Naveen Jangid, native of Sikar district, he said. During interrogation Naveen revealed that he, along with Babualal Tank and Manoj Jangid, had committed the burglary in Kardhani area on October 18, he said. Tank and Jangid were also held. HTC Sirohi, surrounded by the Aravali hills on all four sides, is known for its natural beauty. The assembly constituency, which has traditionally been witnessing a contest between the BJP and the Congress, is currently represented by BJP’s legislator Ota Ram, who is the minister of state for gopalan in the present government.

Ram, who comes from the other backward classes (OBC) category, had defeated Sanyam Lodha of the Congress in the 2013 assembly elections.

Sirohi is an OBC dominated constituency, followed by the Scheduled Caste community. However, general category voters play key role in the election of the candidate.

The Congress won the seat in 1980 and 1985 assembly polls, before BJP unseated the Congress legislator in 1993. BJP won the seat in 1993 also, but the Congress snatched it again in 1998. The Congress won the seat again in 2003, but the BJP bounced back in 2008.

The major problems facing the constituency at present are poor education system and shortage of drinking water and health facilities. Besides, there has not been much industrial development in the constituency, due to which employment is also a major problem.

Ram has been two-time MLA from this constituency, but people are not happy with the pace of development in the area. Arvind Singh (35), a resident of the area

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SANYAM LODHA, Congress leader

who is self-employed, said “Sirohi has been what it was five years ago. There is no development. People are forced to go to Gujarat and nearby districts in search of employment, as there has been no industrial development.”

Another resident, Rewat Mal (65) said, “Drinking water is a problem here. The government told us that water of Narmada river will be brought to Sirohi, but it is still a dream.”

However, Ram claimed that a lot of development has been done in the constituency during his tenure and he will contest the next polls based on the development work. He said during the Congress regime there were only 13 doctors at the district hospital, which has increased to 34 during his tenure. Road related work is going on war-footing, he added.

In regard to bringing Nar-