LAHORE: The police in its crackdown against criminals arrested 265 proclaimed offenders and court
absconders during the current month.
DIG Operations Sajid Kiani on Thursday said 139 proclaimed offenders (POs), 96 court absconders
and 30 other accused were arrested, adding that the police had devised a special strategy to arrest
the POs as most of them were involved in heinous crimes, including murder, attempt to murder,
kidnapping for ransom, extortion and narcotics.
The SPs, SDPOs and SHOs had been directed to arrest criminals at the earliest and speed up
crackdown against them, he added.