Special cell constituted to deal with land grabbing: CCPO.

LAHORE -- Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Lahore Ghulam Mehmood Dogar in a press conference held on Monday at his office informed mediamen that on the proposal of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Punjab Inam Ghani and in accordance with the vision of Chief minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, Lahore Police has established an Anti Qabza Mafia Cell at CCPO Office on the recommendation of a notified committee including its members from Police, Revenue, LDA, Overseas Pakistanis and Co-Operative departments to deal with the cases and complaints of citizens regarding illegal occupation on their land and property as well as harassment by land grabbers and goons.

While giving details CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mehmood Dogar said that a dedicated help line 1242 has also been created by Lahore Police for the redressal of grievances of citizens in this regard. DIG Overseas Pakistanis Muhammad Shoaib, Director Revenue Usman Moazzam and members of related departments along with SSP DandI Syed Ameen Bukhari were present on the occasion.

CCPO Lahore said that Anti-Qabaza Mafia Cell and Help Line 1242 have been constituted to provide immediate help to the citizens and initiate prompt action against the culprits.

Ghulam Mehmood Dogar said that Lahore Police has been dealing with the land grabbers, influential goons, Proclaimed Offenders and their patrons with iron hands and more than 300 accused persons have been arrested by the police since its special crackdown in this regard.

Ghulam Mehmood Dogar said that Lahore police will not allow any person to illegally occupy the land and property of the citizens at any cost. He said that in old cases of illegal occupation, the committee will decide within 72 hours and Lahore Police will take action in line with the directions of this committee according to law.

CCPO Lahore said that in chronical cases of land occupation the committee will try for an amicable resolve of the issue were banks, societies, Revenue Department and police related matters are involved. Ghulam Mehmood Dogar said that details of assets, properties of land grabbers, weapons licenses data and criminal record is updated with the help of all the attached departments so that the affairs of such criminals could be dealt according to the law.

He further said that according to the previous history surveillance of these influential land grabbers, notorious gangs and goons, Lahore Police will also take action against these culprits in organized manner.

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