GUJRAT: The Jamaati-Islami, Gujrat, announced a protest campaign against rising incidents of murder, robbery and theft, along with alleged corruption in development schemes in the district.

Gujrat JI emir Ansar Dhool, general secretary Umar Siddique, and city emir Raja Sajid Sharif claimed that 36 people, including eight women, had been murdered this year, while two newborns` bodies had been recovered.

They alleged that police had failed to trace the robbers who targeted the phone market alongRamtalai Road, where traders staged multiple protests against increasing lawlessness. Incidents of house thefts and road robberies were also on the rise.

Mr Dhool said seven people were gunned down near Dinga Town, and had police arrested the killers involved in earlier cases in Dinga Khurd village, the loss of these lives could have been prevented.

He blamed the politicisation of the police for the deteriorating law and order situation, urging law enforcers to act as public servants. Correspondent