Many incidents of mobile snatching and bank robbery occur In Karachi. Many CCTV footages are also shared on Facebook, WhatsApp. These CCTV footages show blur faces of snatchers and robbers. Bikes are also visible in these CCTV footages but number plates are not visible.
If high-definition CCTV cameras are installed on streets it will be very easy to identify face of snatchers and robbers and also number plates of bikes. However I am sure that Sindh Government will not install high definition CCTV. Installation of these cameras is very easy but Sindh Government is very slow.
However State Bank of Pakistan can order all private banks to install high definition CCTV cameras which are face recognizable. It will be easy for law enforcement agencies to catch these culprits.
Jitni mobile snatching aur street crime Abhi b Karachi main hai ALLAH ka shuker hai Punjab main nhi hota. https://t.co/tfpW7A9VRU
— Statesman (@Fairface4u) August 3, 2017
Karachi "The city of mobile snatching" :3
— Mohid Khan (@MohidKhan15) May 20, 2017
Please do something for Karachi mobile snatching street crime.very bad impression all over the world
— fahadrais (@fahadrais) July 9, 2017
High definition CCTV cameras in city can solve many problems. Safe City Project is very important for Karachi like Islamabad.
However it is also common that when mobile snatchers are caught they are freed and after few months they start mobile snatching again.
By Mubashir Mahmood. He tweets as @mubashirmahmood