KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) spokesperson on Wednesday refuted an alleged proposal by Sindh Rangers Director General Maj Gen Muhammad Saeed, which had suggested that street criminals should be tried under anti-terrorism law. He clarified that the director general had only suggested that those street crime cases should be sent to anti-terrorism courts for trial that involved murder. This suggestion was put forward during the last meeting of Sindh Apex Committee and was under consideration of the Sindh government. Earlier, the Rangers director general claimed that crimes such as targeted killings, extortion, kidnapping for ransom had shown significant decline in the city due to targeted operations. However, he agreed that street crimes still posed a major challenge to the law enforcement agencies in the city.

Source: Pakistan Today December 20, 2017 10:52 UTC