Sajid Bashir
Monday, December 27, 2010
TWO incidents of dacoity and theft are committed every hour in the provincial metropolis which speaks volumes of vigilance of Lahore police.
In just past 11 months, 10,888 incidents of dacoity, burglary and street crime took place in various parts of the heart of the province. The matters are even worse considering the fact that 40 percent of the incidents are not registered by the police for one reason or the other.
According the data complied by the Lahore police, Cantt division police topped the bad performance charts with around 2,386 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime reported in its jurisdiction from January 1 to December 1, 2010.
Around 244 incidents of dacoity took place in various areas of Cantt division whereas 1,843 incidents of burglary and 497 incidents of street crime were reported during the aforesaid period. Model Town division police secured a close margin second position with the total of 2,212 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime. As many as 124 incidents of dacoity, 1,507 incidents of burglary and 274 incidents of street crime took place there.
Saddar division police got third position as 1,947 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime were reported in its precincts from January 01, to December 15, 2010. Total 274 incidents of dacoity were reported in Saddar division while 1,399 incidents of burglary occurred there.
No less than 1,729 incidents of dacoity, burglary and street crime were reported in City division police from January 1 to December 15, 2010, out of which 219 were dacoity incidents, 1220 burglary incidents and 290 were incidents of street crime.
Around 1369 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime were reported in Iqbal Town division during the past 11 months out of which 124 were dacoity incidents, 943 burglary and 302 were street crime incidents.
Civil Lines division police was on the last position where 1,045 incidents of dacoity, burglary and street crimes were reported from January, 01 to December 15, 2010. Total 87 dacoity incidents, 765 theft and 193 street crime incidents were reported in the area of Civil Lines division.
A senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, said that crime graph had been going up day by day and it could only be controlled when the police officials would do their duty honestly.
He said that 30 to 40 percent crime related to dacoity, theft and street crime was not
being registered by the police. He said almost 80 percent street crime incidents were not being registered due to police reluctance. After the registration of dacoity, theft and street crime cases, police behaviour forces the complaints to stop pursuing the cases, he added.
Talking to The News, Capital City Police Officer Aslam Tareen said that lack of resources in police department was the basic reason for increase in crime incidents in the City. He said that absence of job and work opportunities were forcing the youth to choose the path of crime and nowadays everyone wanted to adopt the easy way to get money in less time.
He said that police had arrested several dacoits’ gangs during the past 11 months but to arrest the culprits involved in street crime had become a challenge to the police as majority of culprits had no past crime record. CCPO Aslam Tareen said that he had directed all the divisional SPs to increase patrolling in their respective areas.
While talking to The News, former Lahore CCPO Pervez Rathor said terrorist activities had diverted the police attention from dacoity, theft and street crime incidents as 80 percent of Lahore police had been deployed on security duties and the rest had been deployed on VIPs’ security. He said the government should provide proper resources to police to eliminate crime incidents from the City.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=22382&Cat=5&dt=12/27/2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
TWO incidents of dacoity and theft are committed every hour in the provincial metropolis which speaks volumes of vigilance of Lahore police.
In just past 11 months, 10,888 incidents of dacoity, burglary and street crime took place in various parts of the heart of the province. The matters are even worse considering the fact that 40 percent of the incidents are not registered by the police for one reason or the other.
According the data complied by the Lahore police, Cantt division police topped the bad performance charts with around 2,386 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime reported in its jurisdiction from January 1 to December 1, 2010.
Around 244 incidents of dacoity took place in various areas of Cantt division whereas 1,843 incidents of burglary and 497 incidents of street crime were reported during the aforesaid period. Model Town division police secured a close margin second position with the total of 2,212 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime. As many as 124 incidents of dacoity, 1,507 incidents of burglary and 274 incidents of street crime took place there.
Saddar division police got third position as 1,947 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime were reported in its precincts from January 01, to December 15, 2010. Total 274 incidents of dacoity were reported in Saddar division while 1,399 incidents of burglary occurred there.
No less than 1,729 incidents of dacoity, burglary and street crime were reported in City division police from January 1 to December 15, 2010, out of which 219 were dacoity incidents, 1220 burglary incidents and 290 were incidents of street crime.
Around 1369 incidents of dacoity, theft and street crime were reported in Iqbal Town division during the past 11 months out of which 124 were dacoity incidents, 943 burglary and 302 were street crime incidents.
Civil Lines division police was on the last position where 1,045 incidents of dacoity, burglary and street crimes were reported from January, 01 to December 15, 2010. Total 87 dacoity incidents, 765 theft and 193 street crime incidents were reported in the area of Civil Lines division.
A senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, said that crime graph had been going up day by day and it could only be controlled when the police officials would do their duty honestly.
He said that 30 to 40 percent crime related to dacoity, theft and street crime was not
being registered by the police. He said almost 80 percent street crime incidents were not being registered due to police reluctance. After the registration of dacoity, theft and street crime cases, police behaviour forces the complaints to stop pursuing the cases, he added.
Talking to The News, Capital City Police Officer Aslam Tareen said that lack of resources in police department was the basic reason for increase in crime incidents in the City. He said that absence of job and work opportunities were forcing the youth to choose the path of crime and nowadays everyone wanted to adopt the easy way to get money in less time.
He said that police had arrested several dacoits’ gangs during the past 11 months but to arrest the culprits involved in street crime had become a challenge to the police as majority of culprits had no past crime record. CCPO Aslam Tareen said that he had directed all the divisional SPs to increase patrolling in their respective areas.
While talking to The News, former Lahore CCPO Pervez Rathor said terrorist activities had diverted the police attention from dacoity, theft and street crime incidents as 80 percent of Lahore police had been deployed on security duties and the rest had been deployed on VIPs’ security. He said the government should provide proper resources to police to eliminate crime incidents from the City.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=22382&Cat=5&dt=12/27/2010
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