Direction of IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar / Acceleration of crackdown for the arrest of dangerous proclaimed offenders who are absconding abroad
This year, Punjab Police has arrested *86* proclaimed offenders from 20 different countries who had committed serious crimes and were absconders or trying to escape abroad.
On the instructions of Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar, the crackdown has been accelerated to arrest dangerous POs who escaped abroad and had committed serious crimes this year and those who were absconding or trying to escape abroad. In this regard, 86 proclaimed offenders were arrested by Punjab Police this year.
Along with the arrest from the airport for departure abroad, the above-mentioned accused were arrested from *22* countries with the help of Interpol. Among them * United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, France, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Spain and Portugal, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Iran, Kuwait, Muscat, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sharjah and the United Arab Emirates are included. Among the arrested accused, 21 were from Sialkot, 12 from Gujranwala, 11 from Gujrat, 11 from Wazirabad, 5 from Narowal, 5 from Mandi Bahauddin and 5 from Sargodha police, while the rest were wanted from other districts and all of them were involved in murder, attempted murder, kidnapping for ransom and others. They had been absconding for many years after committing serious crimes.
IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar said that Punjab Police arrested the proclaimed offenders and brought them to Pakistan with the help of Interpol, FIA and police and legal agencies of other countries. Dr. Usman Anwar directed to tighten the circle around dangerous POs involved in serious incidents and said that the pursuit of A category POs should be continued, they should be arrested and punished. Dr. Usman Anwar further said that the passports of the accused criminals should be canceled and they should be arrested as soon as possible with the cooperation of Interpol and FIA.
(Handout No. 357)
Syed Mubashar Hussain
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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