RAWALPINDI
\nRawalpindi district police have accelerated their ongoing crackdown against kite flyers and sellers and managed to net over 69 kite flying ban violators on Thursday night on recovery 3700 kites, 70 string rolls, said a police spokesman here on Friday.
\nHe informed that City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi had directed police officers to accelerate crackdown against kite flyers and sellers.Rawalpindi district police had arrested over 450 kite flyers and sellers during this season and recovered over 56,000 kites, over 900 kite flying string rolls, weapons, sound systems, liquor and other items from their possession, he said.
\nPolice had made it clear that kite flying was banned and strict action would be taken against the violators, the spokesman added. Rawalpindi police, on the orders of the CPO, were making all-out efforts to stop kite flying and control aerial firing.
\nThe spokesman said all police stations had been directed to speed up the ongoing operations against kite-flying ban violators while special teams under the supervision of senior police officers were also conducting raids in different areas.
\nSuperintendent of Police, Rawal said that all available resources were being utilized to deal with kite flying ban violators.
\nHe said Police under the supervision of Senior Superintendent of Police, Operation, were making efforts to control kite flying, aerial firing and violation of the ban. The spokesman further said that Rawalpindi district police had devised a plan to foil plans to celebrate the banned festival of Basant.
\nMore than 1500 police personnel were deployed on large rooftops in densely populated areas to check kite flying on Thursday night and Friday, where they were equipped with binoculars as well as other resources to apprehend those violating the law by flying kites. Drone cameras were also being used to track those involved in aerial firing, he said.
\n\u201cKeeping in mind the need to protect the citizens from any untoward incidents, more than 1500 police officials were deployed to thwart any plans for Basant and drone operators are being used to monitor kite-flying,\u201d he said.
\nPolice officials have reiterated time and again that flying kites is a potentially dangerous sport that can lead to the loss of life, and those found disregarding its cost to human lives will be prosecuted according to law. The parents, teachers, scholars and civil society were also taken into confidence to play their role in preventing the celebration of Basant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RAWALPINDI Rawalpindi district police have accelerated their ongoing crackdown against kite flyers and sellers and managed to net over 69 kite flying ban violators on Thursday night on recovery 3700 kites, 70 string rolls, said a police spokesman here on Friday. He informed that City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi had directed police officers to accelerate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-389167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n