D I Khan Police busted dacoits gang, 4 memebers arrested
The police have busted a dacoits gang and arrested four of its members during an operation against anti-social elements while police also recovered stolen motorbikes, cash, and pistols from their possession, said a police spokesman on Sunday.
According to police department spokesman Imtiaz Ali Janjua, the police arrested a four-member dacoit gang involved in numerous incidents of snatching, street crimes, and robbery at Sheikh Yousaf Adda, Grid Road, Chashma Road, Bannu Road, and some other vicinities fall in the limit of Sadar police Station.
After receiving a chain of complaints from public circles about the rising crime rate in the city and its close surroundings, District Police Spokesman (DPO) Najam ul Hasnain Liaquat according to police constituted a raiding team led by DSP Saddar Circle Hafiz Muhammad Adnan.
During the raid, Police arrested four members of a dacoit gang while also seized stolen motorbikes, cash, and pistols from their possession.
The accused were identified as Arshad, Nadeem, Ramzan, Abid, residents of Budhani and Kukar villages.
The police according to the spokesman have also recovered three motorbikes, and cash worth Rs. 350,000.
According to police, 3 30-bore pistols and other equipments, to be used in the robbery incidents were also recovered from them.
D I Khan Police busted dacoits gang, 4 memebers arrested
During the primary investigation, the arrested members of the gang confessed to the crimes taking place in different areas.
Cases have been registered against the accused with a further investigation underway.
Street Crimes
It merits mention that snatching motorbikes, mobile phones, and robbing activities are surprisingly going unnoticed as the practice has been normal for most citizens because of the district’s romance with street crimes.
While expressing concern, people in the outskirts of localities and even in the densely populated areas of the city feel insecure and scared to pass certain highways while carrying valuables.
A survey by this scribe revealed that lack of policing in the city and its immediate surroundings was a major cause behind the brewing issue of street crimes.
Zulfiqar Ali Khan, a citizen while strongly deploring the loathsome attitude of the local administration said that during the last couple of days in the absence of regular patrolling of mobile police had emboldened criminals.
He stated that earlier petty criminals who used to take advantage of the dark of the night were now openly mugging people in broad daylight whereas, adding the law enforcement agencies, instead of deterring crime were watching the sordid state of affairs powerlessly, he said.
The survey revealed that mobile shops even in broad daylight had been robbed in busy commercial areas of the city, depriving citizens of cash and valuables at gunpoint.
On the other hand, most of the streets in the city and its close vicinity have been facing street lights, turning them dark after nightfall.
Also, the survey revealed that after the government announced a cut on fuel quota for certain departments in that to overcome rising prices of petroleum products in the international market.
Earlier the police department had been allowed 300 liters of fuel for its mobile teams’ vans. But in line with the fresh decision of the government which had been reduced to 195 liters which is inadequate at all.
Residents have called upon the federal government to accord exemption for the police department to ensure better policing as well as maintain précised law and order in the urban areas.
