ISLAMABAD: Criminal gangs continued their looting spree, carrying out more than 53 criminal activities despite comprehensive security arrangements and the installation of surveillance cameras across the federal capital.
According to data gathered by Business Recorder, more than 53 incidents, including theft, robbery, street crime (snatching of cash and mobile phones at gunpoint), murder and car-lifting, were reported during the last week, resulting in the loss of huge valuables.
During the week, criminal gangs remained active within the jurisdictions of Industrial Area, Aabpara, Kohsar, Sumbal, Sabzi Mandi and Noon police stations.
According to the data, the 53 reported incidents included 30 car-lifting cases, 13 street-crime incidents involving the snatching of mobile phones and cash at gunpoint, and nine cases of various kinds of theft and robbery.
During the period under review, a man identified as Khalid Azam was allegedly shot dead by his cousin, Mahnoor Saleem, over a domestic dispute in Sector I-8/2, within the jurisdiction of Industrial Area Police Station. According to police, Mahnoor Saleem allegedly opened fire on her maternal cousin, resulting in his death on the spot.
Furthermore, two police officials were booked for allegedly facilitating the escape of a woman prisoner from police custody at the District Courts’ parking area in Islamabad, police said.
The police said that the Mujahid Squad of Islamabad Police had picked up several beggars, including the woman. All the beggars were subsequently shifted to the Women Police Station for legal action. They were later booked under Sections 9 and 10 of the Prevention of Beggary Act and sent to jail on November 10.
The following day, a three-member police team, comprising a female assistant sub-inspector (ASI), a female constable and a constable/police driver, took the beggars, including the woman, to the court of the assistant commissioner/sub-divisional magistrate (city) for a hearing. After hearing the case, the magistrate sentenced them to 60 days in prison.
Later, the police team brought them to the parking area and handed them over to the driver for transportation to Adiala Jail.
That evening, the police driver informed the ASI that all six convicts had been shifted to the jail and handed over to the jail administration. However, verification from the jail authorities on November 12 revealed that the woman beggar had not been received.
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