9,940 criminals arrested in Hafizabad district last year.

HAFIZABAD -- The district police arrested 9,940 criminals in different cases including dacoity, burglary, car and bike snatching etc. in year 2020 and recovered stolen articles worth Rs 133.675 million from them.

The police also seized 33 Kalashnikovs, 167 guns, 124 rifles, 565 pistols, 11 revolvers, eight carbines and 6,000 rounds of bullets from 912 outlaws during the past year.

Moreover, the police arrested 1,083 drug-peddlers and recovered 301-kilogram charas, 76-kilogram heroin, 29-kilogram opium and 5,864-litre liquor from them.

As many as 85 rape cases including 25 gang-rape cases were reported in the district during 2020.

According to official statistic available here, 60 cases of molestation of women were reported during the past year, of which eight were discharged, while 36 accused were arrested. As many as 25 gang-rape cases were reported while five were discharged and 42 rapists were arrested and challaned accordingly. Also, 27 sodomy cases were reported during the period under review, of which three were discharged while...