Cops directed to accelerate operations against kite sellers, flyers, aerial firing.

RAWALPINDI -- Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Rawalpindi Waseem Riaz Khan has directed the Police officers to accelerate their ongoing operations against kite sellers, kite flyers and aerial firing.

According to a police spokesman, the SSP had directed the divisional Superintendents of Police, DSPs, SHOs and other officers to take strict action in accordance with the law against the rules violators.

He informed that the SSP Operations had issued charge sheets to three SHOs of Rattaamral, Waris Khan and Airport Police Stations on poor performance to control kite flying and aerial firing in their respective areas.

Special teams had been formed to conduct raids to deal with kite flyers across the city, he said adding, 142 kite flyers and sellers were sent behind the bars during last 15 days while over 15,255 kites and 446 kite flying string rolls were also recovered. He said that Police had registered cases against kite-flying ban violators.

The teams were carrying out operations in Mohanpura, Dhoke Ratta, Dhoke Hasu, Pirwadhai, Railway Colony, Gangmandi, Bhabra Bazaar, Naya Mohalla, College Road, Bani, Sadiqabad, Satellite Town, Chah Sultan, Tipu Road, Arya Mohalla, Kartarpura, Tench Bhatta, Peoples Colony, Bakra Mandi and other areas.

He said that on the directives of City Police Officers, Rawalpindi Syed Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari, awareness walks were also organized in Sadiqabad, Pirwadhai, Rattaamral and other areas in this regard.

Announcements would also be made at the mosques to raise awareness about the dangers of kite flying and aerial firing.

District Administration and Rawalpindi District Police had also urged the citizens, especially parents, to discourage the hobby of kite flying among their children.

The citizens had been asked not to allow their children to violate kite flying ban imposed...