The Lahore Police (Operations Wing) has issued its performance report, comprising first seven months of the current year, showing action against violations of Kite Flying Act in the city.
During that period, the Lahore police arrested 9,536 suspects and registered cases against 9,272 people while the police recovered 99,000 rupees in cash and 581 kites, 1,856 pellets, 5,673 merchandise, 2,346 strings from kite makers and flyers during the various crackdowns.
The City Division police arrested 2,143 suspects whereas the Cantt Division police arrested 2,394, Civil Lines Division 1,047, Saddr Division 1,076, Iqbal Town 1,395 and Modal Town Division arrested 1,481 suspects.
This was disclosed by DIG Operations Lahore Ashfaq Khan while issuing directions to the police officers and officials to ensure implementation on Kite Flying Act in their respective areas at any cost.
He directed all the police officers to take strict and indiscriminate action against the kite flyers, sellers and manufacturers.
Ashfaq Khan said that drone technology has also been used to capture kite flyers in narrow streets and thickly populated areas of the city.
Parents should play their vital role to discourage their children to involve in this dangerous activity of kite flying. Ashfaq Khan further said that strict departmental action will also be taken against the officers for failure in implementation of Kite Flying Act and poor performance in arresting kite and strings manufacturers as well as sellers.
The DIG Operations said that we have also extended cooperation with district administration for crackdown on kite making factories.
