Crime balance sheet: 5621 proclaimed offenders arrested, 7620 still at large

CPO says progress will be apparent in the first two months of 2012.

FAISALABAD: As many as 7,620 proclaimed offenders are on the loose in Faisalabad including 39 most wanted criminals for whom head money has been set from Rs50,000 to Rs500,000.

Meanwhile, 5,621 people with criminal record were arrested by the police in 2011.

As many as 1,469 of these (362 of Category A) are wanted by Allama Iqbal Division police; 1,964 (372 of Category A) by Madina Division police; 1,532 (157 of Category A) by Lyallpur Division police; 1,320 (386 of Category A) by  Jaranwala Division police and 1,118 (216 of Category A) by Saddar Division police.

Category A: 1,493 criminals are in Category A. Saddar Tandlianwala police  was given the task of arresting 408 and Women Police of eight of Category A criminals.

Talking to The Express Tribune, City Police Officer Bilal Siddique Kamyana said police’s performance had not been up to the mark but it had still managed to arrest 5,621 people with criminal record.

CPO Kamyana said he had taken charge of the office a month ago. “I agree there is a need for accelerating action against POs and court absconders,” he said.

The CPO said he was certain that considerable progress would be made in the crackdown against POs in the next two months.

Head money criminals

Five criminals with head money of Rs500,000 are Khalid, son of Ghulam Muhammad, resident of Chak 185-RB; Sana Ullah alias Nanho, son of Mukhtar Ahmad, resident of Chak 107-RB; Akbar Ali Ratho, son of Maqbool Hussain, resident of Chak 37-RB; Muhammad Asif, son of Muhammad Jamil, resident of Chak 91-JB; and Ramzan Ali alias Guddu, son of Falak Sher, resident of Chak 451-JB.

Rana Nisar, son of Rana Nazeer, resident of Street No2 Aminabad No2, Samanabad; has a head money of Rs300,000. Among criminals with head money Rs200,000 are Amir Bashir, son of Bashir Ahmad, resident of Ghulam Muhammadabad; Muhammad Mujahid Ali, son of Muhammad Yaqoob, resident of Chak 167-GB; Naseem Ali alias Naseemoo, son of Ali Muhammad, resident of Chak 53; Muhammad Azam alias Haider, son of Abdul Sattar, resident of Chak 204-RB; Muhammad Arif alias Affi, son of Abdul Sattar, resident of Chak 204-RB; Adil Mukhtar, son of Mukhtar Ahmad Bajwa, resident of Chak 107-JB; Muhammad Ashraf, son of Mukhtar, resident of Chak 107-JB; Muhammad Arshad, son of Mukhtar Ahmad, resident of Chak 107-JB; Zaka Ullah, son of Mukhar Ahmad, resident of Chak 107-JB; Atta Ullah, son of Mukhtar Ahmad, resident of Chak 107-JB; Abbas alias Kalu Shah, son of Sajjad Shah, resident of Chak 107-JB; Muhammad Akram, son of Mukhtar Ahmad, resident of Mukhtar Ahmad, resident of Chak 107-JB; Farrukh Mukhtar, son of Mukhtar Ahmad, resident of Chak 107-JB; Manzoor Bashir, son of Bashir Ahmad, resident of Chak 186-RB; and Muhammad Afzal, son of Muhammad Rafiq, resident of Chak 186-RB.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 2^nd,  2012.