Karachi police chief Javed Odho stated that the metropolis witnessed 537 incidents of street crimes during the month of June compared to 485 cases reported in May.
The new city police chief shared the monthly performance report with the media here in what appears to be the first of its kind initiative taken by the department.
Accompanied by three zonal DIGs and DIG-traffic, he said that total 35 people were murdered in June on account of various reasons as compared to 51 killings in May.
“Total 537 cases of street crimes/robberies were registered in June as compared to 485 cases in May,” he said, adding that the 17 per cent increase in street crimes was because of a policy under which area SHOs were bound to lodge every FIR.
City police chief says 14 ‘street criminals’ killed, 102 injured in 80 encounters last month He said that total 30 incidents of murder or injury over resistance during robberies were reported in June compared to 45 in May. “Thus, 50pc reduction in these crimes was registered in June as compared to May.”
However, data compiled by the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee said total 7,661 incidents of street crimes were reported in May while the number of same crime till June 22 stood at 6,911.
The city police chief said that 14 ‘street criminals’ were killed while 102 injured in 80 encounters in the last month.
‘LG polls to be hotly contested’ He also made it clear that no incident of violence in the July 24 local government election in the metropolis would be tolerated and miscreants would be dealt with iron hand.
