According to Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP) Ghulam Hyder Jamali, substantial reduction in crime has been witnessed in the province of Sindh in this year especially in July and August.
Chairing a review meeting in Central Police Office regarding law and order situation in the province, the Sindh top cop said that the Sindh Police has focused against terrorism, target killings, kidnapping for ransom and extortion. Since July 2014, 195 criminals have been killed in 5,174 encounters, while 1,238 have been arrested.
AIG Operations, Ghulam Azfar Mahesar while comparing the number of killings in August 2013 with August 2014 said that the figure has come down from over 275 to around 150 which show considerable reduction. “Similarly in July 2013, 246 were killed while in July 2014 148 persons lost their lives”, he added.
Mahesar maintained that recently the incidents of killings have further declined and the average death toll has been brought down from 9 to 5 per day.
“A successful operation was conducted at Kashmore where Mansoor Soomro was recovered, who was kidnapped from Clifton, Karachi. Similarly, over 40 abductees were outstanding in rest of Sindh only two months ago and now figure has come down to seven,” he revealed.
He further informed that during the last two months, street crime has also been targeted by police and as a result 152 criminals involved in robberies have been killed while 1,164 have been arrested in 314 encounters. “Police killings continue to pose serious challenge. During 2014, 117 in Karachi while 35 Police officials have been martyred in Rest of Sindh. 36 accused have arrested and 18 killed,” he added.
