Staff Reporter
Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani on Tuesday underscored the need for improving the quality of investigation in line with the needs of modern policing, saying that with improved workout rate of cases on a regular basis, overall crime ratio can be reduced.
Ig Police Inam Ghani was presiding over a meeting held to review conviction rate in heinous cases including drugs.
Inam Ghani said that the main task of the police is to bring the cases to a logical conclusion with best investigation and bring the culprits to book, adding that supervisory officers should use available resources under their personal supervision to ensure priority measures.
He directed the Additional IG Investigation to prepare a detailed report on the convictions rate in heinous crimes and drug cases, what percentage of the accused have been convicted in such cases and what percentage of the cases are pending and in which cases the accused have been acquitted.
He further said that a list should be prepared to encourage the investigating officers to handle high profile cases of serious crimes efficiently.
and also encourage the investigating officers at all levels to punish the accused in serious cases with excellent investigation and strong challan so that their morale may get higher and they may perform their duties with more determination and diligence.
He directed the DIG IT to submit a report within a week regarding the computerization of the data of the proclaimed offenders in all the districts of the province and to continue the process of upgrading the Criminal Records Office (CRO) on a permanent basis.
