Police investigations set for major revamp

Karachi Police has compiled a list of the 80 best investigation officers who are being appointed as IOs to probe five categories of cases.

Additional IG Karachi Police Ghulam Nabi Memon and Sindh Prosecutor General Dr Fayyaz Hussain Shah held a joint high-level meeting. The meeting highlighted the mutual cooperation of the police prosecution which has a central role to play in the investigation. Therefore, it has been decided to hold meetings of the district public prosecutor and investigation officers on a monthly basis.

The officials hoped to overcome the shortcomings and errors of investigation to ensure that criminals are punished according to the law.

In the first phase, a list of the best 80 investigation officers has been compiled by Karachi Police. Special investigation officers are being given responsibility on the district level for cases of high-profile suspects allegedly involved in murder, murder for resisting robbery, causing injury for resisting robbery, rape and drugs. IOs in murder cases will not be allowed to investigate more than 15 cases a year. A reward of Rs100,000 and a certificate of appreciation will be given to the IO who succeeds in getting at least five years of sentence awarded to the suspects.

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Special prosecution officers are also being deployed to assist police IOs in five categories of cases, including murder.

Every possible facility is being provided to the IOs so that the investigation system can be strengthened. Orders have been issued for the IOs to be provided with immediate government accommodation in police lines on a priority basis.

Lack of security, requirements and resources are the main reasons investigations are not going in the right direction. In future, the problems of the IOs will be resolved immediately. Crime will be prevented by detecting crime which is possible only through solid investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 16^th, 2022.