Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Alam Odho on Thursday took notice of an incident of female students of the Jinnah Medical and Dental College getting robbed within the limits of the New Town police station.
The IGP took notice of the incident and sought a detailed report from the Karachi additional IG. He also ordered arrest of the accused and announced action against the SHO and other security personnel concerned.
He issued directives to ensure identification of the accused and action against the criminals in the light of the statements of the victims and eyewitnesses. Moreover, the Sindh police chief chaired a review meeting on the establishment and preparation of the Quick Response Forces in the province.
The meeting held at the Central Police Office Karachi was attended by the additional IGPs of Karachi and operations, DIGs of headquarters, establishment, West Zone, Security and Emergency Services Division, RRF/CMU and training, AIGs and SSPs.
The participants of the meeting were given a detailed briefing by the RRF/CMU DIG on the deployment of RRF/CMU personnel, equipment, transport, accommodation and others.
IGP Odho said the RRF personnel deployed in the slum areas should be withdrawn in phases and kept on reserve in Karachi. He added that cops in the Sukkur and Larkana divisions should be trained in RRF and deployed in the field. Moreover, 540 personnel under training should be given basic anti-riot training and deployed as the Quick Response Force in three zones of Karachi.
He said the department should ensure arrangements related to RRF training and anti-riot training. QRF platoons deployed in Karachi zones should be named after police martyrs, he added.
Meanwhile, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader and MNA Syed Aminul Haque condemned the robbery of a point van of the Jinnah Medical University. The robbery of a university van in broad daylight was clear proof of lawlessness in Karachi, he said, adding that the increasing robberies in Karachi had made the citizens fearful.
He said the silence of the Sindh government was a matter of concern as the people of Karachi had been left at the mercy of dumper and tanker mafias and robbers. The rule of law was nowhere to be seen in Karachi, he maintained.
The Sindh government had been in power for the past 17 years but the citizens were not safe, Haque said and added that the government had first snatched the livelihood of the citizens, and now the right to education was also in danger. Moreover, the provincial government had completely failed to protect the lives and property of the people, he said.
