BQATI representatives met Home Secretary RS Ahmed on Monday to discuss the increase in street crime and ‘bhatta’ demanded from industrialists in Bin Qasim Town and adjoining areas. Installation of concealed CCTV cameras at key locations was also suggested.
Gangs of miscreants on motorcycles are engaged in holding up of cars at gunpoint and snatching of mobile phones, laptops and other valuables from passengers. Their modus operandi is to follow cars, hold them up at gunpoint and snatch whatever valuables the passengers possess. These incidents happen in an area stretching from Quaidabad to Razaqabad, as well as in Landhi Industrial Area.
As a result of these incidents, the number of foreigners working in the area has decreased drastically. Company officials have been subject to kidnapping and harassment – in some cases fatal, while the trend of demanding bhatta from industrialists is also on the rise.
CCPO Karachi Fayyaz Leghari told the delegation that the police will provide all the required support to the area’s industrialists.
The industrial zone of Port Qasim is spread over 12,000 acres and around 50,000 workers are employed in the area.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 11th, 2011.
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