Follow Us on Google News
KARACHI: With 2021 around the corner, Sindh police have warned revellers against indulging in celebratory aerial firing on New Year’s Eve to avoid untoward incidents.
In this regard, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Ghulam Nabi Memon has announced that an attempted murder case will be registered against those found resorting to aerial firing.
“If a person gets hit by a bullet, the citizen who fired it will be nominated in the case and he will be deemed to have targeted the injured person and not fired the gun into the air,” AIG Karachi added.
Ghulam Nabi further said, “We have struck the word aerial off the phrase aerial firing”, vowing strict security measures on December 25 (the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam) and New Year’s Eve.
He pointed out that 20 to 30 people get injured due to aerial firing on the night of December 31 every year. According to data, a person was killed while more than a dozen had sustained gunshot wounds due to aerial firing in 2017, while 19 people, including women and children, injured in 2018 and 14 people in 2019.
