Karachi police release year-end performance report

Around 7,373 were killed by the city’s police force in 2017

KARACHI: As many as 184 criminals and 7,373 terrorists were killed during at least 480 police encounters in the city, stated a performance report issued by the Karachi police on Wednesday.

The city’s police force issued its performance report for the year 2017, in which it shared the numbers of criminals who had been arrested and killed by the police in encounters, raids and recoveries made during the year.

According to the report, the police arrested 587 criminals red-handed. It separately arrested 7,134 criminals, two terrorists, two highway robbers, 12 kidnappers, 392 proclaimed offenders, 3,321 absconders and 49 extortionists. The law enforcers also busted 466 organised gangs and killed 184 criminals and 73 terrorists. The Karachi police force lost 16 policemen in the line of duty while 30 were injured. There were also 969 two-wheelers and 31 four-wheeler vehicles recovered in 2017.

Besides recovering the vehicles, the police also claim to have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition - four light machineguns (LMGs), seven G3 rifles, 14 MP-5 rifles, 166 sub machineguns (SMGs), 61 repeaters, 92 rifles, 6,204 pistols, 47,227 rounds of ammunition, one rocket launcher, 357 hand grenades and 1,406 mobile phones.



District South

According to the statistics, 29 encounters took place in District South and 52 criminals were caught red-handed. At least 26 criminal gangs were busted while two street criminals were killed in encounters. There were a total of 594 criminals arrested in the district, as well as 40 proclaimed offenders and 660 absconders. The District South police also recovered four repeaters, 24 hand grenades, 510 pistols, 1,548 rounds of ammunition, four rifles, 87 mobile phones, 71 motorcycles and two cars.

District City  

District City police also arrested 42 criminals red-handed in 65 police encounters and busted 45 organised gangs of criminals. The police also killed 32 criminals in 2017, arresting 924 criminals others, as well as two terrorists, 89 proclaimed offenders, 330 absconders and three extortionists. There were 19 Kalashnikovs, 15 repeaters, seven rifles, 821 pistols, 3,182 rounds of ammunition, one rocket launcher, 93 hand grenades, 58 mobile phones, 118 motorcycles and three cars recovered.

District East

There were 115 criminals arrested red-handed by the District East police in 83 police encounters. The police also claim to have busted 89 organised criminal gangs, killed 36 criminals and arrested a whopping 1,030 others. Apart from this, 15 proclaimed offenders, 281 absconders, seven kidnappers and eight extortionists were also arrested, while four police officers were martyred and two injured. One LMG, six MP-5 rifles, 34 SMGs, nine repeaters, six rifles, 881 pistols, 24,749 rounds of ammunition, 24 hand grenades, 204 mobile phones, 178 motorcycles and nine cars were also recovered.



District Korangi

District Korangi police arrested 82 criminals red-handed in 66 police encounters. The police also claim to have busted 64 organised criminal gangs, killed 26 criminals and arrested 989 others. Another 37 proclaimed offenders, 203 absconders and three kidnappers were arrested while five police officers were martyred.

One MP-5 rifle, 22 SMGs, three repeaters, 16 rifles, 912 pistols, 4,423 rounds of ammunition, 50 hand grenades, 284 mobile phones, 100 motorcycles and six cars were also recovered.

District West

The police in District West arrested 61 criminals red-handed in 76 police encounters. They also claim to have busted 60 gangs of criminals, killed 25 criminals and arrested 1,332 others, along with 112 proclaimed offenders, 558 absconders and 11 extortionists. There were five police officers martyred in 2017 and eight injured.

One G3 rifle, one MP-5 rifle, 14 SMGs, seven repeaters, eight rifles, 1,174 pistols, 4,363 rounds of ammunition, 77 hand grenades, 164 mobile phones, 116 motorcycles and one car were also recovered.

District Central

District West police arrested 136 criminals red-handed in 77 police encounters. The police also claim to have busted 86 organised criminal gangs. Twelve criminals were killed, 1,505 were arrested, along with 44 proclaimed offenders, 382 absconders and 17 extortionists. Ten cops injured were injured in the district in 2017.

One LMG, one G3 rifle, three MP-5 rifles, 24 SMGs, 13 repeaters, 24 rifles, 1,247 pistols, 4,482 rounds of ammunition, 55 hand grenades, 399 mobile phones, 289 motorcycles and five cars were also recovered.



District Malir

District Malir police arrested 99 criminals red-handed in 84 police encounters. The police also claim to have busted 96 organised gangs. There were 51 criminals killed in the area, while 760 were arrested. Around 60 terrorists were killed, while two highway robbers, 55 proclaimed offenders, 907 absconders and four extortionists were arrested. Two cops were martyred while four were injured.

Two LMGs, three G3 rifles, three MP-5 rifles, 53 SMGs, 10 repeaters, 27 rifles, 659 pistols, 4,480 roudns of ammunition, 34 hand grenades, 210 mobile phones, 97 motorcycles and five cars were also recovered.