10 to be externed from city ahead of civic elections

NAVI MUMBAI: The Navi Mumbai police are planning to extern as many as 10 people from the city for a period of two years ahead of the NMMC elections.

Shahaji Umap, deputy commissioner of police (zone i) said, “We have identified 10 people and are planning to extern them. All these people have criminal records and a majority of them were arrested more than once for their misdeeds. Once externed, they won’t be able to come to the city for two years without taking written permission from us.”

“Professional criminals are hired by political parties for intimidating or assaulting people. These people will be externed as a precautionary measure ahead of polls,” another senior police officer said.