Summary:
Nainital: The Uttarakhand high court taking suo-motu cognisance of increase in robberies and other crimes in Haldwani directed the district police to install at least 25 CCTVs across vulnerable points in the city and to increase patrolling across Nainital district. The court treated the matter as a public interest litigation after observing that a spate of robberies had taken place in Haldwani.Earlier, the court had directed the senior superintendent of police, Nainital, to submit all reports related to robberies and thefts in Haldwani.Earlier, this month, a man was shot dead in Haldwani market over a dispute related to repairing of a cellphone while a 52-year-old woman was left seriously injured in Haldwani earlier this week after robbers entered her home..