Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah taking notice of surge in cases of kidnapping for ransom in katcha area of Sukkur and Larkana divisions has directed to conduct a ruthless and vigorous operation against bandits there.
The Chief Minister issued the directives on Thursday while going through police reports filed in his secretariat. He also called Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah and Home Secretary Kazi Kabir and discussed the proposed operation with them and directed them to summon a law and order meeting so that the planning and strategy for the operation could be finalized.
Murad Ali Shah said that kidnapping for ransom was a heinous crime and could not be tolerated. In the katcha area of Larkana, Sukkur, Khairpur upto Nawabshah some bandits have established their hideouts and through the outlaws operating in the cities were engaged in kidnapping innocent people.
He said that operation would not confine to the katcha area from Shaheed Benazirabad to Kashmore but it would be directed towards the patharidars or facilitators of dacoits. Through the operation all the history sheeters, head money bearer and other outlaws would be directed.
The Chief Minister said that he was convening a high-level law and order meeting within next few days to finalize strategy for the proposed operation in consultation with IG Police and other concerned officers.
Murad Ali Shah has already directed IG Police to get recover the kidnapped people from the clutches of the dacoits. “I would not tolerate emergence of dacoit factor in the province once again,” he said.
The Chief said that the overall law and order all over Sindh was satisfactory but the newly emerged issue of kidnapping for ransom and street crime in Karachi have become new challenges. The Additional IG Karachi was working to crush street criminals while the operation against bandits in Northern and Central parts of Sindh was need of hour.
The targeted operation launched against drug peddlers, terrorists and other outlaws is going on successfully in which police, Rangers and intelligence agencies are working hard, the chief minister said and added a similar operation was on the cards against dacoits in katcha areas.—INP
