KARACHI: As many as 34,941,33 calls were received on the Karachi police helpline, Madadgar-15, in 2020, of which about 798,000 turned out to be either bogus or prank calls.
According to an annual report of the police helpline, the Karachi police acting on 27,265,00 complaints arrested 474 suspects, seized 127 pistols, recovered 138 stolen/snatched bikes, 26 four-wheelers, 65 cell phones, 78,000 wristwatches, jewellery, and other valuables.
The annual report further said that the police’s average response time to calls made to Madadgar-15 reduced to seven minutes from 40 minutes after the helpline’s revival. A police officer advised the people to make calls to the helpline only in case of any emergency.
A few days earlier, it was reported that Sindh police would procure breathalysers to discourage the practice of driving a vehicle after consuming alcohol.
According to police officials, as many as 90 breathalysers will be procured initially. The devices will be first deployed in different parts of Karachi and then expanded to other districts of the province, they added.
