LAHORE - Lahore police arrested a gang involved in kidnapping and selling minor children from Chung area here on Wednesday. According to police officials, police arrested 12 suspects, including female kidnappers and they were identified as --Shahnaz, Sana, Mashaal, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Shahbaz, Matiur Rehman, Muhammad Yaqub, Inam Abbas, Fatima, Kanza, Zainab and Meraj Bibi, while one suspect, Inam Yaqub, has fled the scene. The female suspects confessed to buying and selling children during the initial investigation, and the police have registered a case against the suspects. According to police, two children were recovered from the suspects and handed over to the Child Protection Bureau. The suspects have so far sold several children for Rs 2.3 million. Meanwhile, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Wednesday to have arrested six people including five agents and an employee of passport office for minting money from applicants. A team of anti-human trafficking circle under the supervision of Deputy Director Mian Muhammad Sabir, raided the Shahdara passport office and arrested six people identified as Liaquat Ali, Munir Nazir, Tanveer Alam and Muhammad Yasin while collecting cash from applicants for speedy process of their passports. The team recovered tokens, stamps, receipts, and others from their possession. A case was registered against the accused. Further investigation was underway. Capital City Police Officer Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana chaired a performance review meeting of Model Town and Cantonment Divisions at his office here on Wednesday. During the meeting, he directed to ensure strong security measures for Chinese nationals residing in the city. He emphasized the need for active involvement from officers in preventing social crimes and instructed SSP (Operations) to monitor daily progress in the crackdown on drug-peddling, gambling and prostitution dens. The CCPO also stressed that robust security arrangements should be ensured at Christian places of worship during Christmas. Additionally, he directed that foolproof security measures be implemented at markets, parks and other recreational spots during New Year’s Eve. A zero-tolerance policy was mandated against aerial firing, hooliganism and one-wheeling during New Year celebrations, he said. The meeting also discussed security issues concerning banks.
The CCPO emphasized that strict enforcement of banks’ security SOPs and the need for training security guards on modern security measures. He urged greater action to curb motorcycle snatching and theft, as well as a more effective crackdown on the production of kites and metal string.
He also directed the Investigation Wing to resolve pending cases on merit and ensure that all challans were prepared in a professional manner with no loopholes. The Investigation Wing played a crucial role in the pursuit of justice, he maintained.
The meeting was attended by DIG (Investigation) Zeeshan Asghar, SSP (Investigation) Mohammad Naveed, SSP (Admin) Atif Nazir, SSP (Operations) Tasveer Iqbal, as well as the SPs, ASPs, Circle Officers, SHOs and Investigation Incharge from the Model Town and Cantt Divisions.
