Police to hold meeting with owners of guest houses, hotels to net criminals: CPO

Rawalpindi   –  City Police Officer (CPO) Athar Ismail said that police would hold a meeting with the owners and managers of all guesthouses and hotels to ask them to keep records of their guests and provide these records to the police on a daily basis.

The purpose of this move is to increase vigilance on the people visiting the city and to arrest the proclaimed offenders and the other criminal elements, he added.

CPO Athar Ismail expressed these views on Saturday during an introductory meeting with the media men at Irshad Shaheed Auditorium here.

SSP Operations Rai Mazhar and SSP Investigation Syed Ghazanfar Ali Shah were also present on the occasion.

He said that the guesthouse and hotel owners and managers would be invited to ask them to keep details of visitors.  

He asked the owners and management of these hotels and houses to maintain complete details of the guests including names, cell phone numbers, addresses, CNIC numbers, copies and the reason to visit the city. Athar Ismail also said police will take stern action against land mafia and grabbers. He also warned owners of illegal housing societies not to occupy lands of poor people or else they will be dealt with iron hands.

Police have also evolved a comprehensive strategy to crush the drug peddlers and the suppliers from the city, he said adding that the government has assigned him the task to protect life and property of public. 

He asked all the SDPOs and SHOs to behave politely with public visiting police stations. 

Replying to a query about a drastic surge in street crime in Rawalpindi, CPO Athar Ismail pledged that he and his team are working on a strategy to curb the street crime.

Article source: https://nation.com.pk/14-Nov-2021/police-to-hold-meeting-with-owners-of-guest-houses-hotels-to-net-criminals-cpo