As many as 90 personnel of the Sindh police department lost their lives in 2015 in realisation of their professional obligations protecting citizens against criminals.
According to the annual performance report of the department issued on Thursday, 67 of these police officers and jawan were martyred in Karachi, two in Hyderabad, six in Mirpurkhas, four in Benazirabad, two in Sukkur and nine in Larkana.
Ghayas Uddin Rashdi, Assistant Inspector General of Operations Sindh Police, while presenting the report to Sindh IGP Ghulam Hyder Jamali said that police had staged 3,286 encounters in the given year.
These encounters led to killing of 753 criminals besides arrest of 12,235 including terrorists, target killers and dacoits.
Heavy cache of arms and ammunition retrieved from the criminals included 20 LMGs, 11 G-3 Rifles, 380 SMGs/Kalashnikovs, 9,089 pistols/revolvers/mousers, 295 rifles, 964 shot guns/repeaters, 526 Kg explosive material, 32 suicide jackets, six improvised explosive devices, 688 hand grenades and 762 avon and ball bombs.
AIG Operations Ghayasuddin Rashdi said due to stringent policing and improved performance of the department, 53 per cent decline was noticed in the incidents of murder and arson, 80 per cent in terrorism related cases, 98 per cent in abduction for ransom and 53 per cent for extortion across the province.
It was mentioned that policing plan devised for 2015 was finalised after extensive deliberations and discussions with the trade bodies and members of civil societies active in the province.