ISLAMABAD: The station house officer (SHO) of Golra was suspended for delaying the registration of an auto-theft case.

A police officer said senior officers visited the Golra police station on Saturday night and found an application for registration of an auto-theft case unattended. The officers inquired about the matter and found that the SHO had delayed the registration of the case.

Later, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ahsan Younas suspended the SHO, said the police officer.

Another officer told Dawn that during the last two days the police had registered 240 cases of robberies, burglaries and thefts including auto-thefts.The cases were registered in response to a directive issued by the IGP, he added.

The IGP while reviewing the record of Rescue 15 found thousands of complaints regarding robberies, burglaries and auto-thefts unattended and ordered registration of the cases, the officer said. So far, cases have been registered against 240 complaints in which the citizens were deprived of cash and valuables worth over Rs54 million.

Out of the total 240 cases, 126 were registered over auto-thefts and 114 over robberies, snatching, burglaries and thefts.

Some of the complaints were lying unattended with the police for the last 10 to 11 months, the officer said, adding the record of Rescue 15 was still under examination to trace more unattended complaints.

When contacted and asked about the actual number of unattended complaints with the police, IGP Younas said work on it was ongoing, adding it was too early to give the exact number.

People contacted Rescue15 and informed it about the incident of crime against property, he said, adding the call record was available with the emergency service. He said majority of the calls were genuine.

Published in Dawn, December 12th, 2021