Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice Retired Maqbool Baqir issued instructions to Karachi Police to start targeted operation against street criminals. A meeting of the Sindh Apex Committee was held under the chairmanship of the Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh, during which the Karachi Police Chief and Additional IG briefed the meeting on street crime.
According to the caretaker chief minister Sindh’s spokesperson, the Karachi police chief while briefing the apex committee meeting said that 61098 cases of street crime were reported in the city of Quaid this year, the highest number of 17570 cases were reported in the eastern district.
The Karachi Police Chief told the meeting that 329 accused were arrested in murder cases and 62 accused in kidnapping for ransom cases in the city while there were a total of 100 cases of extortion in which 86 accused were arrested.
Spokesman Chief Minister of Sindh said that according to the Karachi Police Chief, drug mafia and illegal immigrants are involved in the incidents of street crime, while the police are deployed on protests and other duties more than crime prevention.
During the meeting, Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Maqbool Baqir directed to start an operation against street criminals in Kachchiabadi and ordered the Karachi Police Chief to clean the entire city from street crime and improve the condition of the police stations.
Chief Minister Sindh said that it is sad that Gutka and other narcotic substances are found in Karachi city, the police should take immediate and strict action on it.
Moreover, in the apex committee meeting, it was decided to conduct snap checking, independent criminal supervision on bail and operation against fugitives and absconders and after discussing the strategy of the operation, the supervising chief minister decided to carry out the operation against the criminals. Also approved.
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