LAHORE: During the four months of 2016, 3,332 heinous cases have been registered in Bahawalpur region, which is short by 1,104 in numbers than that of the first four months of previous years.
A total of 4,152 out of the 9,757 accused were arrested while 10 police encounter occurred in which 30 criminals were killed. Some 9,100 absconders of category A and B were also fined to court.
While talking to Daily Times, Bahawalpur Regional Police Officer Dr Ehsan Sadiq said that the eradication of crimes is the foremost duty of police, adding that absconders responsible to cause harm to the lives and properties of citizens do not deserve any concession.
In order to build the department’s credibility among masses he said that the police must bring to book hardcore criminals and recover the looted money of innocent citizens.
Sadiq directed the DPO to register FIR soon after filing of reports, saying that if any police officer shows negligence in this regard, they will be punished severely by the department.
The documents available with this scribe showed that 677 FIRs were cancelled due to falseness.
Out of 116 cases of murder, 219 out of 498 accused were arrested while nine cases of this kind were cancelled. While in 393 cases of hurt, 1,116 out of 1,731 accused were arrested and 22 false cases were cancelled.
In the 434 cases of kidnapping, 393 out of 1,116 accused were arrested while 175 false cases were cancelled.
In three cases of kidnapping for ransom, one out of 10 accused was arrested while two accused were killed in a police encounter during recovery of the kidnapped.
In 129 cases of rape, 109 out of 224 accused were arrested while 29 false cases were cancelled.
In two cases of gang rape, four out of seven accused were fined to court.
In 789 cases of illegal arms, 794 accused were arrested while seven grenades, 27 Kalashnikov, 42 riffles, 120 guns, 484 pistols, 101 handmade pistols (carbine) and 20 knives were recovered from these criminals.
In 1,174 cases of narcotics, 1,233 out of 1,264 accused were arrested and four kg of opium, 165 kg of hashish, 500 grams of heroine,122 bottles of liquor, 13,034 litres of poisoned liquor, 250 kg of cannabis and 134 working stills were recovered.
A total of 133 hardcore criminals of robbery belonging to 35 different gangs were arrested from their confessions while104 old and 101 new cases besides a recovery of Rs 33 million from their custody were traced.
