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While there was no decline in the number of people killed in the metropolis by armed muggers upon resistance during this year’s Ramazan from the previous year’s Ramazan, Karachi police claimed a decrease in other crimes — snatching / theft of cell phones, cars, motorbikes, etc — during the same period.
Official data indicted that a total of seven persons were shot dead when they resisted mugging bids in 30 days of Ramazan in 2022.
An equal number of citizens had fallen victims to street crimes during 29 days of Ramazan in 2021.
The overall crime figures remained alarming for citizens of Karachi as during the 30 days of Ramazan this year, seven people were gunned down and 43 wounded over resistance; 1,812 cell phones, nine cars and 149 motorbikes were snatched at gunpoint and 112 four-wheelers and 1,519 two-wheelers were stolen from different parts of the metropolis.
It is pertinent to mention here that this is the official data, while countless criminal acts are carried out in the city, which are never registered due to various reasons.
The official data showed that a total of 57 persons suffered injuries during robberies in month of Ramazan in 2021 while 43 persons were wounded in Ramazan of 2022.
A total of 1,957 mobile phones were snatched at gunpoint in Ramazan in 2021 while total 1,812 cell phones were snatched in Ramazan of 2022, thus registering a decline of 145 cases.
The police data showed that total 15 cars were hijacked at gunpoint in Ramazan in 2021 while nine four-wheelers were snatched in Ramazan of 2022.
As many as 124 four-wheelers were stolen from different parts of the city in Ramazan 2021 while 112 cars were lifted in Ramazan 2022.
Total 264 motorbikes were snatched in month of Ramazan in 2021 while 149 two-wheelers were snatched in Ramazan 2022, thus there was 115 numbers decrease in this head of crime.
The police figures showed that there was a significant decrease in theft of motorcycles.
It showed that total 3,232 two-wheelers were stolen in Ramazan of 2021 while 1,519 bikes were lifted in Ramazan of 2022, thus there was 1,713 cases decrease in bike theft.
