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mobile phone thefts - CBPian - 07-09-2005
the PTA alongwith mobile companies must establish a countrywide blacklist.
People are being killed. http//www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2005-daily/08-07-2005/metro/k6.htm
This requires minimal extra investment and would decrease the incidents dramatically.
ofcourse the only option for theives will be to take those abroad.
.. postscript now we know what actually is happening.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">KARACHI, July 8 The police on Friday decided not to disclose information about complaints being lodged at its âMadadgar-15â centres about snatching or theft of mobile phones. The police also asked the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee not to make any report public about stolen mobile phones and vehicles. The decision came in the wake of reports of increasing incidents of mobile phone snatching.
In July, a total of 1,603 cell phones were either snatched at gunpoint or stolen in various localities.
Well-placed sources said âordersâ about mobile phones have been issued from the offices of the Capital City Police Officer, Tariq Jamil.
It has been conveyed to the subordinates that no message to this effect would be relayed on police control.
They said many complaints were received from citizens on Friday, but information has been held back.
According to official figures issued by the CCPO office, merely 34 mobile sets were either snatched or stolen.
Statistics show 11 mobile phones were snatched at gunpoint, 17 were stolen, and six others reported as misplaced.
Besides, only one car was snatched at gunpoint which was recovered subsequently. Three other cars were stolen. One motorbike was snatched at gunpoint and two others were stolen.
The police hierarchy also held meetings with representatives of the CPLC and asked them not to divulge information about ground reality, the sources said.
The CPLC, which is supposed to be an impartial institution serving the interests of people without any fear or favour, came under pressure.
Several attempts were made to contact the CPLC chief but he did not attend his mobile phone.
Since January this year, 11,161 cellular phones have either been snatched or stolen in the metropolis by the bandits. Of them, more than 3,000 sets were snatched at gunpoint.
According to the figures, 59 people on an average are deprived of their mobile phones everyday.
City police chief Tariq Jamil had earlier admitted that most of the people usually do not lodge reports about incidents of mobile phones and figures being collected from police might be less than 50 per cent of the actual crime.
However, sources said that the prime minister, who was visiting the city, had been misguided about the law and order situation.
He was not apprised about the sharp increase in snatching and stealing incidents of cash and mobile phones in which many people have lost their precious lives.
On Thursday night, a doctor was shot dead in the upper Gizri when he tried to save his mobile phone and resisted the bandits.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Source DAWN
So instead of handling the situation headon.. they are trying to shut the news... deja vu .. mukhtaran mai.