Punjab Police have confiscated 1200 illegal charity boxes placed at shops and public places by the banned organizations in various parts of the province.
They also arrested 72 persons and lodged 63 first information reports (FIRs), said a spokesperson of the Punjab Police.
The crackdown was launched at the start of Ramzan at district level and police stations were directed to seize the boxes and arrest the activists of banned organizations operating the boxes. All those persons who had no legal authority to collect the charity from the public were also being arrested.
The spokesman said that due to effective police action on the information of Special Branch and other agencies, transfer of funds to the illegal and banned organizations had been blocked and their financial network was broken.
Police would continue crackdown against the illegal funds collection in the name of charity, to block funding to the militant organizations and terrorists, he added.
Most of the FIRs were lodged in Sahiwal (19) and Multan (18) under Society Registration Act 1860, Trust Act 1882, Companies Act 1984 and Charitable Funding Act 1953, the spokesman said.
SP CIA Umar Virk told APP that crackdown was still in progress and action was being initiated on the information by the public and government agencies.
