ISLAMABAD
A mysterious breakdown in the city police’s communication system left the police confused on Tuesday, as a senior police official told a local media outlet that channel 4, meant for operation wing of the force, went dead at Iftar time and came back around 1 am on Wednesday.
“That was very sensitive timing for any shutdown as all police stations, operations and patrol officers and picket staff are supposed to be communicating or checking the security situation in the city at Iftar time,” he said.
The shutdown left all the SHOs, SDPOs, SPs and other police staff communication-less for hours.
“Not only the blockade badly hampered police work but it also put the security arrangements at risk, as the senior officers were not aware what is happening in the city,” he added.
Some officers used their personal mobile phones to communicate with field officers, although no incident reportedly happened during the crisis.
“We tried to trace that out but we don’t really have the skill or equipment for that,” he added.
Though unique, it was not the first intrusion in the Islamabad police’s communication system.
Police have yet to establish what went wrong.
