IGP explains why street criminals go scot-free

Our Correspondent
KARACHI: Sindh’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon has said that street criminals are not convicted due to lack of independent witnesses and late registration of cases against them. In response to a question regarding the rise of street crimes in the city, he said that two types of criminals were active in the metropolis — professional criminals, who were not convicted due to lack of independent witnesses and late registration of cases, and drug addicts. The IGP was speaking to a delegation of the Council of Economics and Energy Journalists (CEEJ) at the Central Police Office here on Yesterday. Memon said that police personnel were using modern technology to control the movement of criminals in the province and that his department had requested the provincial government to allocate Rs3 billion for restructuring of the anti-terrorism department.