Largest number of criminals were arrested from the Kashmore district PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI: Sindh police claim to have arrested 5,247 accused who were on the run and 3,035 absconders, under sections 87 and 88 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in a province-wide crackdown against criminals.
On the basis of district-wise data, the largest number of criminals, including 937 accused who were on the run and the same number of absconders, were arrested from Kashmore district.
However, in terms of police range, the largest number of criminals, including 2,103 absconders and 1,992 accused who were on the run, were arrested by the Larkana range police, followed by 858 accused who were on the run and 573 absconders arrested by the Sukkur range.
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East Zone police arrested the third-largest number of criminals, including 60 absconders and 1,044 accused who were on the run.
East Zone police was succeeded by Hyderabad range, Shaheed Benazirabad range, West Zone police, Mirpurkhas range and South Zone police, in the stated order, in terms of the highest number of criminals arrested.
Sindh Inspector General Dr Syed Kaleem Imam has appreciated Larkana Deputy Inspector General Irfan Baloch and Kashmore SSP Asad Raza for arresting the largest number of criminals and has announced a reward of Rs100,000 for each of them.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 10th, 2019.
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