Capital City Police (CCP) Peshawar on Saturday launched an intelligence-based targeted search and strike operation to maintain law and order in the provincial capital. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations, Kashif Aftab Abbasi said that the capital city police along with security forces and other agencies has initiated indiscriminate crackdown against anti-social elements in the district and beside daily based snap checking, special checkpoints have also been established at all entry points of the city.
In this connection, a targeted search and strike operation was carried out early in the morning. All divisional Superintendents of Police (SPs), Sub-Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs), Station House Officers (SHOs), officers and jawans of the security forces, police commandos and personnel of the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP), Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU), sniffer dogs, ladies police and other units of police are participating in the operation under the monitoring of SSP (Operations).
The operation was also monitored through an online vehicle camera. During the operation, action was also taken against unregistered tenants and other suspects while cases were also registered against several persons involved in various criminal activities and heavy arms and ammunition including Kalashnikovs, guns, hundreds of pistols and cartridges of various bore of weapons have also been recovered from the accused.
The local level verification of the arrested accused is being carried out from different angles. On the other hand the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akhtar Hayat Khan has directed the police high ups of the province to personally review the security of Police establishments and double the security apparatus in layers to respond to the terrorists in a befitting manner. These directives were given to all Regional Police Officers (RPOs) and District Police (DPOs) through a circular issued from the Central Police Office (CPO) here Saturday.
The IG directed them to ensure fool proof security at police establishments with a double duties system by deputing personnel at vintage points so that nobody with suspected movement can take them on and not let them run amok. The RPOs and DPOs were further directed to personally check security arrangements at training institutions including Police Training College Hangu, Elite Police Training Centre Nowshera, Police Training and Specialized Schools as well as also try to rectify the shortcomings and coordinate with the authorities responsible for such training institutes. They were also directed to retaliate to any terrorist activity with full strength and power. The IGP made it clear that no lapses would be tolerated on the part of police in maintaining peace and tranquility in the society.—APP
