• 150 cars stolen and 23 others snatched in metropolis: CPLC.
• Robbers snatched 1,737 cell phones from citizens, says report.
• Three cases of kidnapping for ransom have also been reported.

KARACHI: A report of the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) has revealed that 5,960 criminal incidents were reported from Karachi in August, majority of which involved snatching and theft, The News reported Monday.

A total of 5,951 incidents of snatching and theft of cell phones, motorbikes, and other vehicles were reported from Karachi last month, the CPLC report mentioned.

As per the report, 150 cars were stolen and 23 others were snatched at gunpoint. Moreover, 656 motorcycles were snatched and 3,385 others stolen in the port city.

Robbers snatched 1,737 mobile phones from citizens in Karachi during the said period. The report also mentioned three cases of kidnapping for ransom and six cases of extortion took place in August.

According to earlier reports, over 44,000 criminal incidents were reported from Karachi during the first seven months of 2024. More than 31,000 incidents of motorcycle theft and snatching were reported during this time along with over 1,000 cases of car theft and snatching.

In a meeting with a four-member delegation of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) at the Central Police Office on September 4, Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon said that due to effective and extraordinary measures, there has been a significant decrease in street crime and an extraordinary increase in case detection.

Rooting out crime is also the aim of the police, he said, adding that the Sindh government is at the forefront of providing all facilities, including resources to the police stations and budget for their autonomy, and health insurance for the welfare of personnel, while modern cameras are being installed in the city for the elimination of crime.

Earlier this year, when street crimes in the city had witnessed an extraordinary surge, Sindh’s senior minister Sharjeel Inam Memon had blamed “illegal settlers” for the prevalance of the crimes.

“The Sindh government is making every possible effort to control street crimes [...] Illegal settlers are the cause of street crime,” Memon said.