Lahore Police launched a massive crackdown against alleged history sheeters, gangsters and land grabbers, drug dealers and proclaimed offenders (POs).
CCPO Lahore Ghulam Muhammad Dogar presided over a high-level meeting of officers from all wings of the Lahore Police at District Police Lines Qila Gujjar Singh. DIG Operations Afzaal Ahmad Kausar, DIG Investigation Athar Ismael, SSP Investigation Imran Kishwar, SP CIA, SP Dolphin Squad, SP AVLS wing, all the SDPOs, SHOs, In-charges Investigation and other related officers attended the meeting.
During the meeting, Dogar also informed the Force regarding his Policy Guidelines, issuing targets to SDPOs to take immediate action against alleged history-sheeters, land grabbers, drug dealers and POs, in order to make the Provincial Capital peaceful and crime-free.
SDPOs and In-charges Investigation were ordered to improve the challaning ratio in under-investigation cases. The immediate registration of FIRs, medical check-ups and investigation of cases of torture and rape against women must be ensured by SHOs and In-charges Gender Crime Cells.
CCPO Lahore directed officers to improve their patrolling mechanism and focus on crime hotspots, remote villages and suburbs to control crime. Intelligence-based search, sweep and combing operations were ordered around sensitive establishments, residential areas, hotels, hostels, bus terminals, railway stations and other important places.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 1st, 2022.
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