Heinous crimes decline for third consecutive week across Punjab: IGP

LAHORE, Nov 13 (APP):Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Abdul Kareem said on Friday that incidents of heinous crimes, including murder, robbery and rape, had continued to decline across the province for the third consecutive week.
Chairing a weekly crime-control review meeting at the Central Police Office, he said combating murder, dacoity, robbery, organised crime and offences against women and children remained among the Punjab Police’s top priorities.
He directed regional and district police officers to pay special attention to crime hotspots and ensure immediate action against criminal elements to sustain the declining trend.
The meeting reviewed the weekly performance of all regions and districts in light of the directions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. AIG Monitoring briefed participants that the police’s operational strategy had helped stabilise the decline in serious crimes.
Abdul Kareem directed regional police officers (RPOs) to regularly assess the performance of district police officers (DPOs), conduct police station inspections and ensure effective patrolling, surveillance and the use of modern information technology.
He made it clear that abuse of authority, corruption and violations of the police code of conduct would not be tolerated, adding that strict action against officers and personnel involved in illegal activities would continue without discrimination.
The IGP said the accountability process was underway and no leniency would be shown to personnel found negligent in their duties or involved in misuse of authority.
Additional IG Punjab Imran Arshad, Additional IG Investigation Muhammad Kamran Khan and other senior police officers attended the meeting at the CPO, while CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana, Additional IG South Punjab Syed Khurram Ali, regional and district police officers and other senior officials participated through video link.