LAHORE/RAJANPUR: Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan said on Friday that concrete steps should be taken under short and long term plan for permanent eradication of criminal elements from kachha areas in South Punjab.
“All organized gangs including Lund Gang, Sukhani Gang and their facilitators should be brought to book at the earliest.”
According to details, the Punjab government has decided to rehabilitate Rajanpur Kacha area and eliminate all criminal gangs. The high-ups of Punjab Government including Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal and IG Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan visited areas of Rojhan and Kachha. The two officers visited Rojhan Picket, Bihar Machhi and Picket Basti Dolani on the front line and reviewed the ongoing measures in the field whereas DPO Rajanpur briefed the CS and the IGP on the law and order situation in Kachha. The IGP was briefed on the establishment of 17 new police pickets in Kacha area and the activities of criminal elements. The IG Police also met the Jawans posted in Kachha area and encouraged them.
The IG Police ordered to intensify search and intelligence based operations against criminal gangs operating in Kachha area, adding that coordination with police and administration of Sindh and Balochistan would be further improved so that criminals of these hardened gangs could not escape. Rao Sardar Ali said that police pickets in Kachha area would be given the status of permanent police posts and new roads and bridges would be constructed in this area to further improve police access. The IGP said that conditions of concession/ relaxation in age and education were being considered for providing employment to people of Kachha area. He said that the police Jawans fighting on the frontline are real heroes and a special package will be announced for welfare of the police force deployed in Kachha areas. He also presided over a meeting along with the Punjab Chief Secretary on the occasion.
The DG Khan Commissioner and the Rajanpur DC briefed the IGP on basic facilities like schools, hospitals and infrastructure in Kachha areas. On the occasion, the Punjab Chief Secretary directed to complete the ongoing projects of construction of roads, schools and hospitals in Kachha areas as soon as possible. He said that to rehabilitate some locals and keep them away from crime, provision of jobs in government departments will be considered.
The IGP also visited Rojhan Center of Excellence and SDPO Office Rojhan. Additional IG South Punjab, RPO Dera Ghazi Khan and DPO Rajanpur along with other police and administration officers were also present on the occasion.
