Punjab A police spokesman recently announced that the provincial The police According to Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s vision ‘Safe Punjab’, more than two lakh accused have been arrested this year.
But the question is, where will such a large number of imprisoned accused be kept?
When contacted by Independent Urdu, an official of the Prisons Department of Punjab said on condition of anonymity that at present there is a capacity of 37,000 prisoners in the 43 prisons of the province, but the number of prisoners here is 60% more than the capacity. .’
On the other hand, the Punjab Police said in its statement that out of the two lakh arrested, more than one lakh of the accused were classified as accused involved in various incidents.
According to the statement of the police spokesperson issued by DPR: ‘During the continuous operations to arrest the accused, more than 25 thousand target offenders (habitual criminals) were also arrested, including 10 thousand 822 of A category, 14 of B category. thousand 358 habitual criminals) are included.
The police said that among the arrested suspects, 16 thousand 700 of A category, 84 thousand 807 of B category are included, while about 53 thousand court fugitives were also arrested, including 4395 of A category and 48 thousand 578 of B category. are included.’
According to the spokesman, more than 25,000 target offenders (habitual criminals) were also arrested during the ongoing operations to arrest the accused.
In addition, more than 70 advertisers wanted in serious crimes were arrested from foreign countries and transferred to Pakistan.
According to prison officials, ‘There are currently 43 prisons across Punjab.’
According to the official website of Punjab Jails: ‘These jails include two high security jails, nine central jails, 27 district jails, two juvenile jails, two sub-jails and one women’s jail.’
In this regard, Independent Urdu contacted Additional Inspector General Operations Punjab Shahzad Sultan who said: ‘When we catch them, they are sent to jails. The capacity of the jails is not enough to keep millions of accused, so they get bail and these people come out of the jails.’
He said that when an FIR is registered, the police have to submit its challan to the court within 14 days.
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“In most cases, the challan is collected within the given time in light of whatever evidence is available, but if there is no evidence, the courts give another three days.”
“Suppose three people commit a crime and all three run away,” he said. The names of the three came to be known in the FIR, the police started their operation and one of the accused was arrested.
But there is no rest, so when one accused is caught, the challan will be collected, when his second and third accomplices are caught, their supplementary challan will be collected.
According to him: ‘If the accused are not caught for a long time, they are declared as advertisers. When the advertisers are caught, the police hand them over to the court and the court sends them to jail because the police cannot hold the accused for more than 24 hours without a court. They cannot take it and keep it in their custody.’
He further said that ‘their lawyers apply in the courts and they get bail, they come out of jail and then the cases continue in the courts.’
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2024-10-01 16:46:45
