In a report submitted to Standing Committee
on Interior Affairs, Rangers official Colonel Tahir Mehmood said security
forces have destroyed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s network in Karachi beyond
repair.
Rangers submitted a
one-year review report to the committee and briefed the members about the
operation in which they arrested hundreds of alleged criminals since it
started on September 7 last year.
Giving numbers, Col
Mehmood said more than 3,000 targeted operations were carried out in the
crime-infested port city and and around 5,500 suspects were rounded up. He said
around 2,300 were handed over to the police while more than 4,000 weapons were
seized during the raids.
Col Mehmood informed the committee that land grabbing and street
crime do not fall under the jurisdiction of Rangers, however, they have
submitted a summary to the premier on how these crimes can be controlled.
Speaking about targets
achieved in Lyari, the Rangers official said incidents of kidnapping and
extortion have reduced by 55% since the beginning of the operation. Col Mehmood
said the law and order situation improved in the neighbourhood as Rangers have
set up pickets in the area.
Briefing the committee
about what transpired on the night of September 24 when Rangers personnel
arrested MQM members, Col Mehmood said the security officials went inside party
office after their patrol was fired at in Gulshan-e-Maymar. He said Rangers
arrested three target killers during the raid and that many of the arrested MQM
workers were released soon after.
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