Robbers and dacoits continue their looting spree in the federal capital as the police is either not serious or is not game enough to stop them. The Capital has witnessed an increase in crime in the last month.
Police sources revealed to Pakistan Today that during the month of November, 145 cases of robbery, burglary and theft have been reported in various police stations in which citizens were deprived of valuables worth million of rupees.
November, this year, broke the record of last year as 40 percent increase in crime rate was witnessed compared to last year. Only 90 cases were reported during November 2012.
In November 2013, 42 cases of burglary, 6 cases of dacoity, 44 cases of robbery and 52 cases of general theft were reported in various police stations of the federal capital.
Sources said that it seems police bosses are not taking increasing incidents of robbery and theft seriously, that is why the crime rate is surging. They further said that investigations of over 150 crime incidents that took place during October and November, are still lying pending with police investigators as they have yet to submit challan of these cases before court of the law, adding that the police couldn’t make any significant progress in the cases which were filed during the last two months.
The growing crime incidents are speaking volumes about the performance of the police department, whose ‘jawans’ are enjoying double salary package compared to their counterparts in other provinces.
Police believes crime rate decreasing:
Despite repeated attempts Islamabad IGP could not be approached, however, police spokesman ‘claimed’ that crime rate is declining.
Citizens of the Capital are greatly concerned about the increase in crime incidents. “Earlier, our city was considered to be safe. However, now we have serious concerns as the police has failed to protect our life and property. Anyone can come in Islamabad to live, as you know last month top militant Haqqani’s son was killed in Islamabad and there are media reports that he was living in Islamabad for the last four years,” said Ali Raza, a university student.
Interior minister helpless too: It is pertinent to mention here that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan after assuming charge of Interior Ministry has been trying hard to improve the performance of Islamabad police. Sources said that serious steps are required to get desired results from Islamabad police.
They said that during the last month, a most wanted militant- head of Haqqani Group, Dr Nasiruddin Haqqani was killed in Islamabad by unknown assailants. This incident raised many questions about the efficiency of Islamabad police. As, per media reports, Haqqani’s aides, despite dozens of police pickets, easily managed to bring back his dead body to his native village from Islamabad.
Later, Interior minister ordered an inquiry into the incident to know how Haqqani had been living in Islamabad without the knowledge of Islamabad police. The minister also tasked the police to investigate that who took away the body of the victim from the spot.
