RECORDER REPORT

HYDERABAD: A total of 28 high profile criminals including three terrorists were gunned down while 95 were arrested in injured condition in exchanged of fire by the District Police Hyderabad during the year 2016.

While presenting annual performance report of the District Police Hyderabad, the spokesman claimed that significant reduction in crime rate has been witnessed in the year 2016 as compared to the year of 2015.

Besides action against high profile criminals, the spokesman informed that the District Police Hyderabad also arrested 79 dacoits, two kidnappers, three extortionists, 47 vehicle lifters, 17 mobile phone snatchers, 422 street criminals, 788 thieves and robbers and 1467 other criminals, 111 proclaimed offenders and 1467 absconders from various parts of the district during the year 2016.

Besides recovering 19 snatched cars, 38 motorcycles and impounding 221 other vehicles, the District Police Hyderabad also recovered four Klashankovs, one G-3 Rifle, 10 shot Guns, 14 Repeaters, 280 Pistols, 15 Revolvers, 11 Rifles and huge quantity of live rounds, the spokesman informed and added that the police also seized four kilograms of heroin powder, 162 kilograms of charas, 10 kilogramps bhang, 22 kilograms opium and 1504 litres illicit liquor.

The police also unearthed factories of homemade illicit liquor with thousands litres of local made liquor, arrested 154 Manpuri and Gutka dealers with recovery of 63874 Manpuri and 499991 Gutka packs from their possession, the spokesman informed and added that the Police also arrested 447 gamblers and recovered Rs. 445602/- on spots of gambling dens.

During the year 2016, the spokesman informed that a total of 2529 cases of various crimes were registered in different police stations of the district.