KOZHIKODE: The city police in association with the excise department is launching an awareness programme for school students to curb the increasing juvenile crimes. In the last one month alone, the city police had tracked over 15 juvenile robbers.
The authorities are planning various programmes, including screening of short films, staging street plays, conducting seminars and giving moral messages to the students against such crimes.
According to the city police, the cases involving juvenile offenders have gone up by 18 per cent, and nearly 65 minors were tracked down in 159 criminal cases during the last five months of 2015.
On Friday, Mavoor police nabbed a 16-year- old boy while he was robbing a bike. In the past two days, over ten juveniles were held with stolen bikes and mobile phones.
In 2014, the cases were much less, said city police official K. Harish. Juveniles rob bikes and sell them in the local market for less money and use it for leading a luxurious life, including buying new smart phones and going outside, he added.
“Student squads will be formed in each school, and they will help us in identifying those with criminal background. Boxes will be kept in schools where students can place their findings,” he added.
