73 murdered, 22 women raped in Narowal last year

NAROWAL – 73 people were murdered and 22 women were raped in different incidents besides 646 hits of dacoity, robbery, snatching and theft were registered in the district during the year 2011.

The statistics collected from 13 police stations and 5 police posts of the district show that people were deprived of their valuable belongings of worth about Rs147 million during the last year while the police arrested about 1,969 criminals and proclaimed offenders including two criminals with head money namely Rafaqat Ali and Ejaz Ahmed.

The police also recovered 15 Kalashnikovs, 56 rifles, 49 guns, 9 revolvers, 426 pistils, 9 carbines, 7 daggers, 2 kilogram opium, 52kg charas and 1,036 bottles of liquor from the criminals.

The residents of the district have expressed their deep concern over the deteriorated situation of law and order in the district and have appealed to the high-ups to take a serious notice of the situation to protect the lives and properties of the residents of the district.