Punjab police seek head money on 70 fugitive criminals

LAHORE: Inspector General (IG) of Punjab Police Dr Usman Anwar has sent recommendations for head money on 70 fugitives included in the Red and Black books to the Punjab Home Department for the arrest of dangerous fugitive criminals involved in anti-national activities and serious crimes.

Sharing the details, spokesperson for the Punjab Police stated that 30 fugitives in the Counter Terrorism Department’s (CTD’s) Red Book and 40 fugitives in the Punjab Police’s Black Book had been included.

According to the spokesperson, upon approval of the recommendations, the Home Department will issue an official notification for the head money on these fugitives. The total head money for the 70 fugitives has been set at Rs165.2 million -- Rs105 million for those in the Red Book and Rs60.2 million for those in the Black Book. These fugitives are wanted by the Punjab Police and CTD for terrorism, murder, attempted murder, rape, kidnapping for ransom, and other serious crimes.

The head money for fugitive Obaid-ur-Rehman is set at Rs14 million, for Musa at Rs12 million, and for Yaqoob at Rs9 million. The head money for criminals Imran Sattar, Masood Azhar and Munir Hussain has been set at Rs7 million each.

For Abdul Rehman Mirza, Samiullah and Ameen, the head money is set at Rs6 million each. The head money for Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Safdar (Mamma), Hafiz Suleman, and Rizwan Ali is set at Rs4 million each. Similarly, the head money for Baba Mansoor, Abid, Akram (Tipu), Abdul Jabbar (Chhota Engineer), Muhammad Azam, and Muhammad Ejaz (Ejaz Alaqi) has been set at Rs2.5 million each. The head money for Abdul Majid Rashid, Tanveer Hussain, Imran Zaidi, Amjad Abbas, Bunyad Hussain, Tanveer Ahmad, and Inayat Ullah Shah is also set at Rs2.5 million each.

IG Punjab Dr Usman Anwar has directed that the arrest of the criminals included in the Red and Black books be ensured at all costs. He emphasised that intelligence-based operations should be accelerated for the arrest of these criminals.

“Fugitive criminals involved in terrorism and other serious crimes do not deserve any leniency,” he said, adding: “Police checkpoints are a solid wall against external terrorists and anti-social elements.”