Pakistan Crime Increased: Pakistan is currently going through a severe economic and political crisis. Inflation is skyrocketing in the country. Meanwhile, the cases of crime have also increased in the country. According to media reports, there has been a rapid increase in the incidents of murder and robbery in Karachi. Karachi witnessed 140 crime incidents including three murders and 36 cash snatching incidents in a single day.
Giving detailed information about the criminal record in Karachi, Additional IG (AIG) spokesperson said that 140 street crime incidents took place in Karachi in a single day. These incidents include theft, robbery and murder.
Increase in crime incidents in Pakistan
According to the report of ARY News, this crime data was presented to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on behalf of Additional IG Javed Alam Odho. The report further revealed that 2 four-wheelers and 8 motorcycles were snatched, while 85 motorcycles and 9 vehicles were stolen. According to the report, six times there was a shootout between the criminals and the police officers.
How many criminals arrested?
According to ARY News, 10 criminals were arrested in injured condition, while six suspected criminals were caught red-handed. In the last 24 hours, 129 suspects including 24 street criminals, 21 car thieves, three murderers were arrested and weapons were recovered from 15 suspects. Apart from this, among the arrested criminals, 23 were drug peddlers and 155 were people involved in other crimes. According to ARY News, the police have seized 25 illegal weapons, seven kilograms of charas, 13 stolen mobiles and 25 vehicles.
How many lives were lost in crime incidents?
Earlier, in the first week of January, Karachi’s police chief Javed Alam Odho had accepted that there has been an increase in the number of street crimes in the year 2022 as compared to the previous year. He had said that due to the increase in street crimes, we are seeing more loss of human life. He said that during the last year, 109 people died in incidents related to road crime, while in 2021 robbers killed 75 people.
economic crisis in pakistan
Karachi’s police chief Odho said that in 2022, 129 suspects were killed in 889 police encounters, while a total of 38,286 accused were arrested. Let us tell you that Pakistan is currently passing through a period of severe economic crisis. Food crisis is taking a bigger form in the country. There has been a huge fall in the value of rupee against the dollar. People are facing power shortage and inflation.
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