DG Rangers wants his force, CPLC to jointly fight crime

Karachi
Director General Sindh Rangers Major General Bilal Akbar said on Saturday that the Rangers Special Task Centre and the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) to work together closely and complement each other’s functions so as at end crimes and enable the people to live and work in a peaceful environment.
He said this while visiting the CPLC office along with Additional Inspector General of Police Karachi Mushtaq Mehar to review the committee’s working, said a statement.
Major General Akbar emphasised the need for the committee to integrate and work closely with the Rangers. He said all kinds of assistance would be ensured in this regard.
He appreciated the CPLC working and reiterated the need to identity crime hotspots and start joint patrolling by police and paramilitary soldiers.
The DG Rangers further stated that the CPLC had a good reputation among the citizens and law enforcement agencies.
Major General Akbar and Additional IGP Mehar visited various sections of the CPLC office, including its IO and Call Centre. They were also taken to Conference Room where a presentation on the working of the committee was given.
CPLC officials briefed the heads of the paramilitary and police forces about their working as well as about the committee’s infrastructure, organisational structure and working during the last 25 years.
Major General Akbar and Additional IGP Mehar reviewed how work was done on cases of kidnapping for ransom, extortion, lost and runaway persons and street crime. Both also reviewed progress in establishing neighbourhood care projects at 21 locations in Karachi and Hyderabad.
CPLC officials informed to DG Rangers that problems were faced by the neigbourhood care projects after the removal of barriers from various areas. At this, the DG Rangers held out the assurance that decisions would be taken on merit on a case-to-case basis.
It was also decided that biometric and Nadra verification of jail inmates would be carried out as soon as possible. Mehar was requested to provide police personnel for the success of the neighbourhood care projects. The city police promised to provide the required assistance.