Capital becoming a den of carjackers, kidnappers
ISLAMABAD: Once considered the safe haven of Pakistan, the federal capital has turned into a stronghold of criminals, especially the carjackers and kidnappers. The registration of 330 FIRs during the last fortnight is a testimony of the fact.
In last two weeks, there have been 10 death cases, including four murders, nine attempts to murder, eight kidnappings, two suicides, 20 car thefts, 25 thefts and robberies, 43 fraud cases, including 34 dishonoured cheques and 36 narcotics cases in the federal capital. Interestingly enough it has emerged that nine police stations in the capital’s urban areas have registered a glaring 55.16 percent of the total crimes committed in the capital. The rest goes to the remaining nine rural area police stations.
The carjackers mostly liked to pick Civic and Mehran cars, with only four motorbikes from the core of the capital during the last 15 days, imprinting a question mark on the performance of the Islamabad Police. The cops, it seems, have completely failed in stopping the cars from being stolen, despite a webcob of pickets all over the city.
The Margallah police station seems to have become an attractive hunting ground for car thieves where during the last fortnight five cars were stolen from different areas, including G-8/2 School, G-9/1 School, F-8 Markaz, and Nori Hospital. On the other hand, four cars were lifted from the areas under the Kohsar police, two cars and one motorbike were lifted from G-10 Markaz, under the jurisdiction of Ramna police, two cars and one bike were taken away from Aabpara area, one car from I-8/2 in Industrial Area, one car from Garden Town, near Shahzad Town police station, one car from Lake View Park in the area of Secretariat police station, one motorbike from the area of Koral police station, one car from Tarnol, one from Shalimar police station’s area and one from Bharakahu.
The sad story does not end with the cars and bikes being lifted. The fortnight in question also saw seven women/ girls and one teenage boy being kidnapped from different areas of the city. The four abducted girls belonged to the Bharakahu area, which is fast turning unsafe for women. Awais (a boy) and Iram Shehzadi (a girl) were kidnapped in an area in the jurisdiction of the Shalimar police while Zahida Bibi was abducted from Golra.
Meanwhile, the capital police have recovered hundreds of weapons and ammunition in 49 recovery cases. The most unsecure area, during the last two weeks, was Margalla police station, where police registered 36 FIRs within the said time. The registered cases were regarding theft, intimidation, and breach of trust, car lifting, frauds, liquor and narcotics recovery, and attempt of murder.
On the other hand, SSP Yaseen Farooque has told “The Spokesman” that the Islamabad police was taking strict action against the car-lifters. “The capital police have raided many areas, including Peshawar and Mardan, to recover the lifted vehicles,” SSP Yaseen said. He, however, maintained that most kidnapping-for-ransom cases were fake. “The major cases like the case of Shahzadi Bibi have been solved. Other abduction cases are not much difficult to solve as most of these girls themselves go with their ‘kidnappers’,” SSP Yaseen maintained.
In last two weeks, there have been 10 death cases, including four murders, nine attempts to murder, eight kidnappings, two suicides, 20 car thefts, 25 thefts and robberies, 43 fraud cases, including 34 dishonoured cheques and 36 narcotics cases in the federal capital. Interestingly enough it has emerged that nine police stations in the capital’s urban areas have registered a glaring 55.16 percent of the total crimes committed in the capital. The rest goes to the remaining nine rural area police stations.
The carjackers mostly liked to pick Civic and Mehran cars, with only four motorbikes from the core of the capital during the last 15 days, imprinting a question mark on the performance of the Islamabad Police. The cops, it seems, have completely failed in stopping the cars from being stolen, despite a webcob of pickets all over the city.
The Margallah police station seems to have become an attractive hunting ground for car thieves where during the last fortnight five cars were stolen from different areas, including G-8/2 School, G-9/1 School, F-8 Markaz, and Nori Hospital. On the other hand, four cars were lifted from the areas under the Kohsar police, two cars and one motorbike were lifted from G-10 Markaz, under the jurisdiction of Ramna police, two cars and one bike were taken away from Aabpara area, one car from I-8/2 in Industrial Area, one car from Garden Town, near Shahzad Town police station, one car from Lake View Park in the area of Secretariat police station, one motorbike from the area of Koral police station, one car from Tarnol, one from Shalimar police station’s area and one from Bharakahu.
The sad story does not end with the cars and bikes being lifted. The fortnight in question also saw seven women/ girls and one teenage boy being kidnapped from different areas of the city. The four abducted girls belonged to the Bharakahu area, which is fast turning unsafe for women. Awais (a boy) and Iram Shehzadi (a girl) were kidnapped in an area in the jurisdiction of the Shalimar police while Zahida Bibi was abducted from Golra.
Meanwhile, the capital police have recovered hundreds of weapons and ammunition in 49 recovery cases. The most unsecure area, during the last two weeks, was Margalla police station, where police registered 36 FIRs within the said time. The registered cases were regarding theft, intimidation, and breach of trust, car lifting, frauds, liquor and narcotics recovery, and attempt of murder.
On the other hand, SSP Yaseen Farooque has told “The Spokesman” that the Islamabad police was taking strict action against the car-lifters. “The capital police have raided many areas, including Peshawar and Mardan, to recover the lifted vehicles,” SSP Yaseen said. He, however, maintained that most kidnapping-for-ransom cases were fake. “The major cases like the case of Shahzadi Bibi have been solved. Other abduction cases are not much difficult to solve as most of these girls themselves go with their ‘kidnappers’,” SSP Yaseen maintained.
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