LAHORE - Punjab police spokesman said on Saturday that the previous year, as many as 22,171 cases of cheque fraud were registered by police across the province and 8,502 accused were also arrested. He said that challans of 10,367 cases were completed, 1,438 cases dropped, accused in 1,539 cases proved innocent while 8,827 cases were still under investigation. He added that as many as 6,449 cases of cheque fraud were registered in Lahore and 1,823 accused were arrested. In Sheikhupura region, 1038 cases were registered and 483 accused were arrested. In Gujranwala region, 2,593 cases were registered and 1,312 accused were arrested.
In Rawalpindi region, 1,356 cases were registered and 596 accused were arrested, while in Sargodha region, 1,072 cases were registered and 510 accused were arrested. In Faisalabad region, 3,471 cases were registered and 1,050 accused were arrested, while in Multan region, 1,777 cases were registered and 651 accused were arrested. In Sahiwal region, 1,690 cases were registered and 683 accused were arrested, while in Dera Ghazi Khan region, 1,078 cases were registered and 454 accused were arrested. Similarly, in Bahawalpur region, 1,647 cases were registered and 940 accused arrested. The spokesman appealed to citizens not to allow misuse of their cheque book. Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan vowed that in collaboration with public and private banks, an awareness campaign would be launched to prevent cheque fraud.
(The Nation)
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