India, July 17 -- Chandigarh

Even as there have been some failures on the nakas put up by police for preventing crime in the city, police say that the nakas are essential for maintaining law and order in the city. The Sector 11 shooting of Janki Das at the chemist shop on June 13, which happened just a few metres away from a police naka, has again raised questions about its effectiveness.

There are 39 border nakas which are put up along all border points of the city and around 10 dynamic nakas put up within the city at different points.

They are all put up by the local police stations, and each police station is tasked with managing two to three nakas. They are manned in three shifts by the cops.

The lapses were highlighted during the...