Fight against terror: Police arrest four ‘TTP militants’

Suspects entered city to launch attacks on sensitive installations and LEA offices

MULTAN: The Multan police’s counter-terrorism department claimed to have arrested on Tuesday four terrorists associated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

A CTD officer requesting anonymity told The Express Tribune that the police launched an operation after receiving information by a reliable source about the presence of militants in Sher Shah. The CTD team raided a place near the oil depot and arrested the four suspects, who were identified as Selab Khan, Akbar Khan, Ikram Khan and Usman.

The CTD officer claimed the militants had entered Multan to launch attacks on sensitive installations and offices of the law enforcement agencies. The police seized two suicide jackets, one submachine gun, a .30 calibre pistol and ammunition from the hideout.

The CTD spokesperson said a case under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act and other relevant sections would be registered against the suspects at the CTD Multan police station. More information would be disclosed after interrogation of the militants, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 14^th, 2016.