27 kite sellers arrested

LAHORE:Iqbal Town Division police on Sunday arrested 27 kite sellers by conducting various operations. According to the details, special teams are active in the limits of all the police stations of the provincial metropolis, while special teams have arrested 27 kite-flyers.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Akhlaqullah Tarar said in a statement that the accused were engaged in selling kites at night. He said that strict legal action will be taken against them. Dozens of kites, chemicals and metal wheels were recovered from the accused.

CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana has ordered strict action against kite manufacturers and dealers, emphasising effective measures to break the supply chain of this deadly sport. He said this while chairing a meeting at his office here on Sunday to curb kite-flying. He instructed daily intelligence-based operations against individuals involved in kite manufacturing to stop this activity. He ordered seeking an explanation of SDPOs and issued show-cause notices to SHOs of Gulberg, Ghalib Market, Shad Bagh, Harbanspura, Gujjarpura and Ichhra over violations of the Anti-Kite-Flying Act.

Similarly, he further directed to issue letters of displeasure to supervisory officers in case of any violation of the Act. The CCPO stressed the need to sensitise people against kite-flying, stating that the loss of precious lives due to this deadly activity would not be tolerated.

Bilal Kamyana urged scholars, media and civil society to raise awareness about preventing the loss of lives due to kite flying. The meeting was attended by DIG (Operations) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, SSP (Operations) Syed Ali Raza, Divisional SPs (Operations), SDPOs and SHOs of Gulberg Circle, Shadbagh and Harbanspura, Gujjarpura, Ghalib Market and Shad Bagh.