Operation has brought city’s crime rate down considerably: CPLC chief

Karachi
According to estimates of the past three years, the overall crime rate in the city had considerably minimized since the operation was launched, opined Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) chief Ahmed Chinoy on Monday.
Addressing a seminar regarding the committee’s activities, held at the Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU), he said that incidents of kidnapping for ransom, robberies, vehicle and cell phone snatching had lessened.
The CPLC had compiled a computerised record of over 800,000 FIRs registered since 1991, its (CPLC) inception, as well as of 3,500,000 incidents of vehicle snatching, Chinoy added. “The data would facilitate anybody requiring information regarding the cases.”
He further added that CPLC had of recent obtained the technology needed to restore data deleted from computers and mobile phones which would prove helpful in acquiring information regarding the criminals remanded.
Apprising the participants of the CPLC’s performance, he claimed 286 gangs had been apprehended whereas 1,300 persons kidnapped for ransom had been rescued and over a 1000 extortionists had also been arrested. CPLC women wing in-charge Nusrat Haris, said committee was focusing on curbing cybercrime and appealed for the public’s cooperation.
Emphasising on zero tolerance regarding violence against women, Nusrat asked women facing any such problems to contact CPLC for relief.
President MAJU Dr Abdul Wahab while addressing the audience said that the CPLC had proved to be a role model while government departments continue to fail. He appealed to the youth to work for CPLC voluntarily to curb violence in the society.

Kidnappings on the decline
Earlier, the chief of Citizen-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) had said that the cases of kidnapping for ransom had registered a decline in Karachi due to coordinated working of police and Rangers in the ongoing operation. Ahmed Chinoy said this while speaking to media after performing the inauguration of ‘Neighbourhood Care Project’ of the CPLC for addressing the issues of street crimes.
“We receive thousands of applications of various issues and efforts are being made to address them,” he said.
Chinoy said that the CPLC was working in Karachi and Hyderabad and centres at other districts would be set up shortly. “We are making it possible to eradicate the crimes from the province so that the citizens can live peacefully,” he added.
The neighbourhood care project was launched on the request of the mohallah committees to keep a close eye on the street crimes.
A neighbourhood care set-up could be erected after 10-member of the Mohallah Committee sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the CPLC. The committee would provide two-room office to CPLC and the CPLC in return would provide other facilitation equipment, such as the computers.
Later, the CPLC chief visited the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI).