Police being provided training for e-tagging of criminals: Sindh IG

• Sindh IG Memon says Karachi has 108 police stations.
• Says over 80,000 street crimes reported annually in city.
• "Incidents of killing over robbery resistance increased."

KARACHI: Sindh Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Nabi Memon on Sunday said police was working on electronic tagging of criminals and the police officials were being provided training in this regard.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on April 22 directed the police chief to initiate the e-tagging of repeated offenders. He added that a pilot project should be started with 4,000 devices.

The IGP had reported that rules had been drafted and standard operating procedures (SOPs) were being formulated for the e-tagging process.

Talking to Geo News, the Sindh IG said the number of habitual criminals in Karachi was from 8,000 to 12,000 and on an average daily 400 street crime incidents were taking place. 

He apprised Karachi had 108 police stations and a population of about 0.25 million fell within limits of each of them.

“Street crimes are a big challenge for police as more than 80,000 such incidents are reported annually in Karachi alone,” he said, adding that the law enforcers had launched a crackdown on the culprits.

He said the incidents of killing and injuring over resistance during a robbery had upped and police had arrested a large number of criminals involved in such incidents.

“Abour 64% of the suspects involved in killing citizens and 62% of the suspects who injured citizens during robbery have been caught,” said IG Memon.

He said 67 investigation officers had been specified to investigate the robbery cases. Whereas, he said, drug peddling was another big problem in the metropolis.

Memon said strict security measures were being adopted and surveillance cameras were also being installed at entry and exit points of the province.

“We are making every effort to improve police’s performance in the province,” he said.