Record police encounters fail to deter robbers in Faisalabad.

LAHORE: The city has witnessed record 83 police shootouts in the first nine months of this year which has marked the ever-high number in the history of Faisalabad. The last year saw 19 police shootouts during the same period.

Despite the record number of encounters, criminals are ruling the roost with 40 to 45 reported incidents of theft, robbery, and others on a daily basis.

Punjab Police officials had sought reports from police district police heads, including Faisalabad, regarding shootouts from January 2020 to September 2020; the number of robbers killed, accused injured, and escaped.

According to a report sent by Faisalabad police to Punjab police officials from January 2020 to September 2020, 83 police shootouts took place. According to the report, a total of 186 accused were involved in 83 alleged police shootouts. Out of which, 30 accused were killed and 39 sustained injuries. As many as 94 alleged criminals were arrested in these shootouts. While the police failed to arrest the 92 accused so that search operation is on.

According to police sources, it is surprising that the story of most of the alleged police encounters is the same as in most of the alleged police encounters, the accused were shot dead by their own comrades while the police fired only the legs of the accused are injured.

According to police sources, despite record police encounters, the crime rate in Faisalabad is on the rise. The police are reporting 40 to 45 incidents on...