Daily Times

KARACHI: The criminal activities and street crimes are on the rise despite operation against the criminal elements by the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in the metropolis in past six months.

According to Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) official report, the city witnessed around 233 murders during this period that makes 7/8 killings a day in the metropolis.

The CPLC reported that 34 killings were recorded in January and 27 in February this year and the highest killing of 46 people in separate incidents occurred in March this year. There were 29 killings in the month of April and 47 in May while in June around 50 people were killed, the report said.

According to the report, about 95 vehicles were stolen from different parts of metropolis while 796 stolen cases were reported to CPLC.

The numbers of snatched motorcycles stood at 1,273 while 10,380 mobile phones were snatched besides 7,900 citizens were deprived of their wallets in street crimes whereas the victims of the criminal activity reported 9,211 cases to CPLC, the report said.

According to CPLC, 140 incidents of street crimes and robberies were reported on daily basis in 2014 that further increased in 2015 to 163 incidents which were recorded on daily basis.

The CPLC officials said that street crimes, including vehicles snatching, motorcycles and mobile phone theft were on higher side this year.

The claims of city police are declining in number of killings and other criminal activities remained same as these report were not correct, said CPLC.

More than 300 people were deprived of their cash and cell phones in the jurisdiction of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police Station during the month of Ramadan, the report said.

According to director general Sindh Rangers, Afghanis living in the city are involved in criminal activities

It is believed that parts of Sindh province including suburbs of Karachi remained the safe heavens for criminals hailing and coming from Punjab province.

“They were involved in kidnappings, killings and robberies in the province especially in Karachi. The militants from Punjab also remained involved in criminal activities as Karachi is considered as a sanctuary for them,” the CPLC report said.