More police force deployed in Katcha area.

RAHIM YAR KHAN -- South Punjab Additional Inspector General (Operations) Sahibzada Sultan says the police have deployed more force for maintaining law and order in the Katcha area.

He was addressing a press conference, accompanied by DPO Rizwan Umar Gondal and SP Arslan here on Saturday.

Mr Sultan said 1,329 personnel had been deployed in the jurisdiction of four affected police stations.

'Over the last six months, we have conducted 81 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) and arrested 43 criminals and their 185 facilitators. We have also eliminated 21 kidnappers, recovered 81 abductees and foiled 122 honey-trap attempts.'

The AIG said unfortunately a life of a police officer had been lost and eight others had sustained injuries in the line of duty but the police gained significant ground in the Katcha area by clearing a total of 15,100 occupied acres and 97,000 affected acres in Bhong, Machka, Kot Sabzal and Abadpur.

'Our officers are working tirelessly to ensure the safety and security...

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