On a tip-off: CTD kills two ‘TTP militants’ during raid

Suspects allegedly belonged to TTP's Jamatul Ahrar faction

KARACHI: Counter-Terrorism Depart-ment (CTD) claimed to have killed on Tuesday two alleged militants, including the commander of a banned militant outfit, while the Rangers apprehended 10 suspects during separate raids in the city.

The shoot-out between the CTD and the suspected militants took place in Gulshan-e-Maymar, when the police conducted a targeted raid at the suspects' hideout. The CTD personnel faced resistance from the accused, however, after an encounter, two suspected militants were killed.



Addressing a press conference at Police Headquarters Garden, the CTD SSP Junaid Shaikh said that the suspects have been identified as Inamullah alias Kamran and Shafi alias Yasin. "They belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's Jamatul Ahrar faction," claimed the SSP, adding that Inamullah was chief of the organisation's Karachi chapter.



The SSP further said that the militants belonged to Mohmand Agency and used to live in Korangi.

"They were wanted in attacks and killings of army soldiers," Shaikh said, adding that in Karachi, they used to generate funds for their oraganisation through extortion.

Separately, the Rangers apprehended 10 suspects, including political party workers, during raids in Nazimabad, New Karachi, Steel Town, Landhi, Sultanabad and Malir.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22^nd, 2016.