Police arrest over 450

RAWALPINDI: The police have arrested over 450 people, including kite-flyers and kite sellers, through CCTVs and drones surveillance, while they also have registered 99 FIRs against the violations of the ban on kite flying during the celebrations of ‘Basant’ on Friday.

The local administration has continuously been taking action against the kite-flyers till the filing of this report, while the entire sky over Rawalpindi city was dotted with kites because the local residents were openly violating ‘The Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance, 2001 (Ordinance LIX of 2001). The kite-flyers also executed aerial firing freely and played songs on loudspeakers. The police have recovered over 21,000 kites, 9,000 string rolls, sound systems and fire crackers. According to the CPO official spokesman Muhammad Sajjad, the Sadiqabad Police arrested 120 kite-flyers and people executing aerial firing. The New Town Police have also arrested 82 violators, while Waris Khan Police arrested 45, Banni Police arrested 40.

The Pirwdahi Police have arrested 20 violators, Gangmandi Police arrested seven, City Police arrested 15, Ratta Police arrested 15, Saddar Barooni Police arrested 15, Naseerabad Police arrested eight, Airport Police arrested nine, Civil Lines Police arrested one and Westridge Police arrested three during the ‘Basant’ celebrations on Friday.