- Odho says 25% cameras to be put in in Secure Metropolis challenge’s first part.
- Metropolis requires “fashionable command and management middle”, says police chief.
- CPLC cites over 50,000 avenue crime incidents between Jan-Aug 2024.
Karachi Police chief Javed Alam Odho Friday claimed that avenue crimes, which have claimed 100 lives within the metropolis to date, have dropped by 50% within the first quarter of 2024.
“The police have a particular concentrate on eliminating avenue crimes,” stated Odho, who took over the reigns of the town’s as its new high cop in July this yr.
Final week, the police chief has ordered combing operations, elevated patrolling and different operational operations to finish crime within the metropolis.
Talking throughout Geo Information programme ‘Geo Pakistan’, the police chief stated that the metropolis requires a fashionable command and management middle to deal with crimes.
“Within the first part of the Secure Metropolis challenge, 25% of the cameras will likely be put in,” he stated, revealing the challenge’s progress.
The Secure Metropolis challenge, which has been years within the making for the mega metropolis, has seen a snail’s velocity progress, leaving the town weak to growing crimes.
Final month, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah additionally gave an replace on the challenge, stating that it’s a important step towards establishing Karachi as a safer metropolis by means of enhanced surveillance and response capabilities.
In a gathering, Shah had stated he had obtained the work on the challenge’s first part considerably accelerated. The challenge, aimed toward enhancing public security and safety, has reached a number of key milestones, he added.
Sindh Inspector Basic of Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon stated that 1,300 cameras could be put in at totally different places. All 300 pole website surveys and 18 factors of presence (POP) website surveys have been accomplished, he added.
No less than 50 poles have been put in to date, with work beneath means on the remaining websites, whereas the management room and information centre tools, together with a video wall, have been put in on the Central Police Workplace (CPO), receiving stay feed by means of 35 cameras put in at seven places, stated provincial minister Sharjeel Memon.
Odho, in the meantime, maintained that the police has arrested a main legal gang from the Web site Tremendous Freeway space.
He added that suspects concerned within the main incidents of theft in Karachi have been arrested, as there may be now immense enchancment within the metropolis police’s investigation strategies.
He lamented the killing of a police officer within the metropolis on Thursday whereas he courageously fought with robbers and killed considered one of them.
“The official who was martyred yesterday is being nominated for the civil award,” he stated.
Commenting on the problem of accelerating terrorism within the nation, Odho maintained that anti-terrorism help is essential in countering terrorism. “What is required to eradicate terrorism is totally different from different crimes.”
Avenue crimes in Karachi are rampant with greater than 50,000 incidents documented by the Residents-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) between January and August this yr.
It ought to be famous that the aforementioned quantity solely displays reported circumstances, however there could also be numerous different incident which have gone unreported.
The determine reveals that on a mean, 208 legal circumstances are reported every day within the metropolis, with the snatching and stealing of cellphones, automobiles and motorbikes being the most typical.
Not solely have folks been disadvantaged of their helpful possessions in these circumstances however some 100 folks have additionally misplaced their lives by the hands of the road criminals. Almost 500 others have additionally been wounded because of the gunshots fired by the robbers.