LAHORE, February 26, 2023:In compliance with the enforcement of section 144 against Kite flying by Punjab government through out the province, Lahore police speed up crackdown against the violations of Kite Flying Act.
Lahore Police has issued its performance report regarding its action against violations of Kite Flying Act in the city during this year.
According to the report , Lahore Police arrested more than 800 accused flyers, sellers as well as manufacturers and registered FIRs against them during this month till now. The police recovered more than 7000 kites and 980 strings from the accused along with kites manufacturing merchandise during the crackdown.
Accordingly, the city division police arrested 224 accused, Cantt 176, Model Town division 140, Iqbal Town 123,Civil Lines 75 whereas Sadar division police arrested 65 accused in violation of Kite Flying Act during this month till now.
The capital city police Officer Lahore Additional IG Bilal Siddique Kamyana has issued directions to the police officers and officials to ensure implementation on Kite Flying Act in their respective areas.
Mr Bilal Siddique Kamyana further directed all the police officers to take strict and indiscriminate action against the kite flyers, sellers and manufacturers. The CCPO Lahore said that drone technology should also be used to capture kite flyers in narrow streets and thickly populated areas of the city. The parents should play their vital role to discourage their children to involve in this dangerous activity of kite flying.
Bilal Siddique Kamyana said the strict departmental action would also be taken against the officers for failure in implementation of Kite Flying Act and poor performance in arresting kite and strings manufacturers as well as sellers. He said that the kite sellers using social media pages to sell kites and string online would also be arrested.