LAHORE: Five proclaimed offenders (POs) carrying head money of Rs5 million were among the 244 arrested during the last three months in a crackdown under the National Action Plan (NAP), claims Crimes Investigation Agency (CIA) Superintendent of Police Umar Virk.

Virk said this on Sunday while distributing cash prizes and certificates among officials who exhibited gallantry. The officers rewarded included inspectors Raees Khan, Khalid Farooq, Shamim Paul, Haseeb Anjum, Bashir Niazi, Mukhtar Alvi, Traiq Alyas, PSO Nazeer Ahmad, sub-inspectors (SI) Nadim, Maratab Ali, Dais Muhammad, Yousaf, Fiaz, Mian Shafqat, Ahsanullah and Nadeem Abbas.

Virk said they arrested 244 suspects, who were involved in terrorism, robbery, theft and murder cases and recovered a huge quantity of illegal weapons worth Rs60 million. He further said five proclaimed offenders with a head money of Rs5 million and involved in 13 acts of terrorism in Lahore, Islamabad, and Gujranwala were also arrested.

He appreciated the performance of CIA Saddar, Model Town, City, Cantt, Civil Lines and Iqbal Town for carrying out crackdown on criminals. He said at least five terrorists had been killed in encounters with CIA police and three others arrested during the last three months. He added that CIA police under NAP arrested 24 suspects involved in hate speech, publishing and distributing hate material.

Virk also said 114 persons were arrested for their involvement in sale and purchase of SIM cards and recovered 3,000 fake SIMs from their possession. Some 300 Kalashnikovs, rifles, pistols, 40,000 bullets and cartridges were also seized during crackdown on criminals in different areas of the city, he added.

He issued show-cause notices to Rang Mahal Sub-Inspector Muhammad Ashraf, Manawan SI Waqar Ahmad, Sarwar Road SI Naveed Anjum for poor performance.

Published in Dawn, July 6th, 2015

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