Inspector General Sindh (IG) Ghulam Haider Jamali on Monday chaired a high level meeting pertaining to the law and order situation in Karachi. During the meeting, overall security situation of the metropolis was taken under discussion. The law enforcers briefed the IG Sindh that as many as 998 suspects have been killed till July 2014 whereas at least 16,583 criminals have been apprehended so far.
Rangers have intensified the operation against criminal elements while conducting various raids throughout the city, the IG Sindh said. Talking about controlling the increasing extortion, the meeting was told that six extortionists were killed while 328 were arrested.
The IG Sindh claimed that huge cache of weapons including 633 kg explosives, 64 suicide vests, five improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 447 riffles and 19 light machine guns (LMGs) have been confiscated from the possession of the militants. He further assured to have ended 'no go areas' in Karachi.
Earlier, more than twenty suspects were detained during Rangers' search operation in Essa Nagri and Purani Sabzi Mandi areas of Karachi. The paramilitary Rangers launched crackdown on a tip-off. Entry and exit points of the areas were sealed during the operation.