BAHAWALPUR: On the direction of Bahawalpur regional police officer (RPO), trackers have been installed in all 177 police vehicles in the range, launching their live monitoring from the offices of the respective district police officers (DPOs).
RPO Ghazi Muhammad Salahuddin told Dawn on Tuesday that the initiative has been taken to bring improvement in the police patrolling system, ensure a quick response in case of an emergency to provide immediate relief to those seeking help and for cutting fuel costs in the department.
He says that under the initiative, mobile patrolling teams’ daily performance reports are being sought through live monitoring to ensure betterment in the patrolling system. He warned his subordinates of departmental action if any of them was found misusing the official vehicles or mentioning their false location.
Meanwhile, the RPO, presiding over a meeting, directed a crackdown on the canal water thieves across the division.
He directed police officials concerned to coordinate with the officials of irrigation and revenue departments to trace and arrest those stealing canal water.
EIGHT BOOKED: Gaggo Mandi police in Vehari district booked eight persons, including an official of the Crime Control Department (CCD), for allegedly torturing, hurling life threats and abducting three persons, including a woman and his minor child, at Chak 201/EB.
According to Vehari district police spokesperson, complainant Arshad alleged in FIR No 1147/26 registered under sections 506, 354, 148 and 149 of the PPC, that he was repairing a part of the street in front of his house, when eight suspects, led by a CCD official, Naubahar, arrived there.
He said the suspects hurled life threats at him and subjected him to torture with clubs and an axe. He said the attackers forcibly entered his house and injured his minor son Shafqat and his sister. He alleged that the CCD official threatened to kidnap and kill him.
He said the suspects nominated in the FIR have secured an interim bail before arrest from the court and would be arrested after the expiry of their bail.
Published in Dawn, October 28th, 2026
