ISLAMABAD: Negligence was found in registration of cases in all police stations in the capital, Director Media Islamabad police SP Mohammad Bilal told Dawn on Monday.

“The practice of non-registration of cases took place to show a decline in criminal activities,” Mr Bilal said, adding that non-registration of cases was one of the reasons behind removal of the station house officers of all police stations.

Checking of records of Rescue-15 and the police stations is in progress to trace and unearth more unattended complaints, he added.

Sources said an examination of the last three months’ record of Rescue-15 showed over 100 unattended complaints, including 38 relating to auto-thefts, eight thefts, seven robberies and one burglary in Saddar, Rural, City and Industrial Area zones. After assuming charge, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Qazi Jamilur Rehman received a number of complaints from citizens about non-registration of cases.

The IGP asked his subordinate officers for details who confirmed the practice of non-registration of cases.

On the direction of the new IGP, the deputy inspector general of police (DIG) examined the last three months’ record of Rescue-15.

Bakht Jamal, a property dealer, told Dawn that 12 armed men had raided his house in Tarnol on Sept 30 and looted cash and gold ornaments worth Rs6.9 million.

“I immediately informed Rescue-15 and also lodged a complaint with Tarnol police but they refused to register a case,” he claimed.

He said he visited the police station and the office of the SP and SDPO several times but no one entertained his complaint.

Mohammad Ilyas, a government official, said three armed men intercepted him in G-9/2 and snatched cash and valuables worth Rs50,000 in December. He informed Rescue-15 and also lodged a written complaint with the Karachi Company police station for registration of a case.

“I visited the police station six times but every time the police, including the SHO, asked me to come later and never registered a case,” he said.

A bank official, Agha Dildar, said four people looted cash and snatched a motorcycle from him in H-13 near Nust University on Dec 12. He approached Rescue-15 and the area police but his case was not registered. A police spokesman said DIG (Operations) Afzaal Ahmed Kausar reviewed phone call data of Rescue-15 of the last quarter of 2020. He said FIRs on 61 complaints pending there have been registered after the data review while the process of registration of other cases is underway.

Published in Dawn, January 26th, 2021