Eight criminals held during search operation

MULTAN: Police Saturday arrested eight criminals during house-to-house search operation launched here at two different police station areas.

According to police sources, accompanying law enforcement agencies officials, the police team encircled the area and blocked the traffic on the road passing through the areas of Kachi Abaadi, Baghbaanpura, Dera Basti, Basti Noor Sultan and suburban areas respectively in premises of cantonment and Qutabpur police stations. Police teams combed the area and targeted dozens of houses and make bio-metric identification of 34 people. The teams arrested eight criminals and recovered narcotics and hundreds of kites during the search operation. Rs52m RECOVERED 5,438 dead defaulters: Mepco has recovered Rs 52 million from relatives of 5,438 dead defaulters across the region during ongoing month of March. According to Mepco spokesman, the grand operation against defaulters was continued under the supervision of Mepco CEO Engineer Tahir Mahmood across the region. He said Rs 12.7 million was recovered from over 1,000 chronic defaulters in Multan circle. Similarly, Rs 7.3 million from 543 dead defaulters in DG KHAN circle, Rs 3 million from 372 defaulters in Vehari circle, Rs 6.8m from 1,245 defaulters in Bahawalpur circle, Rs 3.3 million from 331 defaulters in Sahiwal, Rs 5.8 million from 787 defaulters in Rahimyar Khan, Rs 7.8 million from 448 defaulters in Muzaffargarh, Rs 2.8 million from 333 defaulters in Bahawalnagar circle and Rs 2.5 million pending dues were recovered from 370 running and dead defaulters in Khanewal.