KARACHI: During the past five months, street crimes have registered an alarming increase across the metropolis as the police seem to have failed in launching an effective response against the criminals.
According to details, during the first five months of 2021, the people of Karachi lost millions of rupees in armed robberies and snatching at gunpoint with no district of the city remaining safe from the reach of criminals.
The data compiled by security administration and gathered by M.M News shows that despite a growing number of cases and widespread coverage of street crime by the mainstream media and rising number of people’s complaints, such incidents witnessed an upward trend in all five months.
Karachi police registered nine cases of kidnapping for ransom during the first five months of 2021. More than 192 people were killed while resisting armed robberies and mugging attempts.
The figures suggest that between January and May, 1,736 motorbikes were snatched at gunpoint in different areas of the city and 19,040 two-wheelers were stolen in various neighbourhoods.
Similarly, 5,982 cell phones were snatched in different parts of the city during the first three months of 2021, breaking the record of the last year’s first quarter when 5,105 people lost their mobile phones to armed robbers.
During the same period, 88 four-wheelers were stanched at gunpoint and 682 vehicles were stolen out of which police managed to recover only 198 vehicles. Similarly, 10,238 cell phones were snatched in different parts of the city during the first five months of 2021.
