KASHMORE: The Sindh Police and Rangers on Sunday claimed to have recovered nine abductees during a successful joint operation from the Katcha area of Kashmore.
Sharing about the joint operation, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kashmore Bashir Brohi claimed all the hostages were safely recovered as result of a week-long operation. He formed that the kidnappers were moving the abductees from one place to another.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Rangers cordoned off the area and after exchange of heavy firing with the law enforcers, the kidnappers and bandits fled the scene leaving behind the abductees”, he added.
The officer said the joint search operation will continue until the arrest of the kidnappers.
Earlier on 10th January, Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Riffat Mukhtar conceded that street crimes in urban areas particularly Karachi and lawlessness in the Katcha areas of Kashmore, Shikarpur, Ghotki, and Sukkur are ‘chronic issues’.
He said that the police is taking all-out measures to curb the crimes in both areas.
The IGP said that there are four major heads of crime in Katcha area including kidnapping for ransom through honey trapping and forced kidnapping; highway robberies, tribal feuds and smuggling.
Riffat Mukhtar said that 261 persons were kidnapped in 2023 but all the abducted persons have been freed from the clutches of dacoits.
