Police plan anti-mobile phone crime cell

Karachi
Sindh's top police authorities have decided to set up an anti-mobile phone crime cell at the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) office to curb street crime in Karachi, said a statement.
The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Inspector General of Police Ghulam Hyder Jamali at the Central Police Office (CPO).
The proposed cell will be headed by the CIA's deputy inspector general (DIG) police, while an officer of the DSP rank will be its incharge.
The cell will be mandated to devise policies to curb mobile phone-snatching incidents in the city, where more than 10,000 cellphones have been snatched at gunpoint this year alone.
The cell will also collect data on criminals to ensure their arrests.
Briefing the meeting, DIG CIA Abdullah Shaikh said steps were being taken by the CIA to digitalise data on crime and criminals. He informed that the CIA had also prepared lists of the alleged gangs and measures would be initiated soon against the remaining suspects and their gangs.
Karachi has witnessed a significant improvement in the law and order situation since an operation began in 2013, but incidents of cellphone-snatching have been on the rise.