361 killed, billions of rupees robbed/ stolen in Karachi this year: CPLC

KARACHI: At least 361 people have been killed, while valuables and cash worth billions of rupees were robbed/ stolen this year in Karachi, revealed a Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) report on the crimes committed in the last 11 months.

The report said 28,000 people were stripped of their mobile phones. A total worth of these handsets makes up to Rs280.8 million.

24,154 citizens lost their motor bikes, worth around Rs966.1 mn. While, 1,331 subjects were deprived of their vehicles, worth about Rs931.7 mn in the megapolis.

11 incidents of kidnapping for ransom and 61 of extortions were reported to police.

The also disclosed that eight banks in the metropolis were subjected to robbery in the last 11 months.

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