Rawalpindi - Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rawalpindi Capt (R) Anwaar Ul Haq said on Thursday that the government retrieved 10 kanals of illegally occupied state land worth Rs400 million through reclamation operations in Murree. He said operation against powerful land mafia was carried out under command of Assistant Commissioner (AC) Murree Muhammad Iqbal Sanghera.
He said FIR has also been registered against the land mafia, whereas, a land grabber namely Naseem Sheikh was also arrested. DC said that the powerful land mafia had allegedly occupied the state owned land measuring10 kanals at Bank Road in Murree.
Despite warnings by the government, he said the land grabbers had not released the land. He said the AC following his direction had conducted an operation against accused and freed the state owned land from clutches of the land grabber. DC Capt (R) Anwaar Ul Haq was of view that nobody would be allowed to grab government owned land enemy wherein district and strict action would be taken against land mafia found involved in such practices.
Police arrest 10 criminals
A massive crackdown has been launched against anti-social elements and drug peddlers to make Islamabad a crime-free city, informed SSP (Operations) Islamabad Dr Syed Mustafa Tanveer on Thursday.
Police have arrested 10 outlaws including two members of a criminal gang and recovered weapons from their possession, he added.
SHO Sabzi Mandi Sub-Inspector Liaqat Ali, Sub-Inspector Shahid Munir, ASI Toseef and others succeeded to bust two members of notorious former jail bird gang.
They were identified as Faisal and Dolat Khan and recovered weapons along ammunition from the gangsters, while they confessed to committing dacoities at various areas of Sabzi Mandi.
Khanna police arrested accused Shafqat involved in illegally oil selling. Lohibher police arrested accused Rizwan and recovered one 30 bore pistol from him.
Shahzad Town police arrested accused Nadeem involved in aerial firing. Shalimar police arrested accused involved in violation of section 144.
Tarnol police arrested accused Salab Khan and recovered revolver from him. Cases have been registered against these nabbed persons and further investigation is underway from them. During special checking in the whole city, three proclaimed offenders were nabbed wanted to police in various crime cases.
SSP (Operations) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer has appreciated the performance and asked for renewed efforts to curb such practices and get rid of society from such menace.
The SSP also categorically asked all police officials to focus on resolving the public complaints and take every possible step to provide maximum relief to citizens. He said that performance in this regard would be reviewed on continuous basis.
