Punjab

Police official arrested for aiding Sakhi Sarwar blast mastermind

Behram Khan reveals the police officer had helped in buying hand grenades.

Express April 28, 2011

DERA GHAZI KHAN:

A police Muharrar was arrested after the Sakhi Sarwar shrine bombing mastermind Behram Khan revealed that he used to buy hand grenades from him.

Police officials confirmed that the bomber told police officials that he had bought a lot of equipment from a police official. Police has started monitoring the activities of several men in the district whose names have been included in the fourth schedule. “We are monitoring the activities of 155 Afghan trained terrorists who the bomber claimed to have links with,” he said. During interrogation, Sarwar shrine bombing mastermind Behram Khan alias Sufi Baba revealed that he was making preparations to attack the Taunsa Sharif shrine in the first weeks of May 7. A police muharrar named Masik Ali was arrested. The man worked with the border police station. Khan told police that Ali used to provide him with arms from the police stock of seized weapons.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 28^th, 2011.

COMMENTS (14)

sara khan | 13 years ago | Reply we will never kno who is behind all ths! in afghanistan Taliban dug a tunnel more than 300 meters long, under the prison, freeing 500+ prisoners, right under the guards’ noses, and no body noticed? where do you think these prisoners will go to be safe? across the border into PAKISTAN? n now 3 blasts in khi in one week? CIA could be involved? http://whats-news-dot.blogspot.com/2011/04/great-escape-afghan-style-inside-job.html

Hedgefunder | 13 years ago | Reply @Maria: I notice, that you still have not answer the core Question!!! That is "Where does USA and Europe come in to this matter?" As you have mentioned in your previous comment !!!!

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Maria | 13 years ago | Reply @Hedgefunder: If you review some of the comments, you will find that some are critical of the same police and security forces who have put their lives on the line to defend the civilian population. I don't believe for a minute that it is fair to paint the security personnel of Pakistan with one brush. To put it into perspective, there are rogue police and security officers in other countries. In recent years, police and security forces in Italy and the United States were exposed with having links to organized crime. Read the article and comments before you attack another person's comments or are you too busy playing up your pro Indian rhetoric every chance you get? I can't understand why news in India isn't your first priority but so many Indians seem obsessed with following events in Pakistan.

Hedgefunder | 13 years ago | Reply @Maria: Where does USA and Europe come in to this matter??? Love to know, what are you talking about? Read the Article Dear first!!!!

Mohammad Ali Siddiqui | 13 years ago | Reply Black Sheep’s are every where and in every government department.

Hasan Abidi | 13 years ago | Reply @ Maria: I partly agree w ya Maria. There z no doubt that over a period of recent years, Pakistani LEAs hv suffred considerable losses of life n limb, at the hands of these animals......but I just hv a simple question for ya. Who is responsible for creating these monsters, nurturing them and then letting them loose amongst us? Point to Ponder Maria. Isnt it ? U cant sow Potatoes n expect a crop of Tomatoes. So here v r reaping the "fruits" of our radical, extremist, lopsided, tunnel visioned and life altering policies, that blatantly transformed a once secular and peaceful geo-soico set up, previously known as the Pakistani society, into a land of suicide bombers and indoctrinated, brain washed and psychopathic illiterate teenage zombies. Wat goes round.........comes round. Simple as that. Wat say u Maria?

Aftab Kenneth Wilson | 13 years ago | Reply This proves that rogue elements are very much present in our agencies. It is time to remove all such elements from the forces. Now can we deny the apprehensions shown by NATO and our other friends??? JI is already on a very close watch (terrorist organization) according the wikileaks recently published in Guardian and New York Times.

R S JOHAR | 13 years ago | Reply @Maria: I always find your comments defending uniformed people and critcising Indians. By the way whom do you represent ?

Maria | 13 years ago | Reply @M. Tauseef Barlas: Whether or not this allegation against the police officer is true, it does not deter from the fact that the majority of our police and law enforcement personnel have been serving with distinction and many have given their lives in the fight against anti state criminals.Even in the United States and Europe, you periodically head of police who are involved with criminal gangs. Don't paint everyone on the security agencies with the same brush.

Musthaq Ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply This is spread of Taliban to security forces. Take it for granted ISI and Army have them at junior officer level in sizeable numbers.

ali | 13 years ago | Reply Its hightime, Police department needs a total reformation now. Can we expect a change with the existing leadership - being inducted into the system through a sysytem - which aime to produce grade 20 & 21 officers instead of public servants. It is an Irony that despite all what has so far happened in the country - no serious effort has been made to reform the Policing. There are countless incidents that can be attributed to Police failure. Do our politicians feel it as a need - to improve their governance.

Jawad | 13 years ago | Reply @ Tauseef Barlas The report cleary says It is act of one person you can't blame agencies. We should see who is safegaurding our interests and who is corrupt.

AA | 13 years ago | Reply Pk police has become totally unreliable and extremely dangerous.

M. Tauseef Barlas | 13 years ago | Reply law security agencies are becoming our enemies???? what is use of these agencies then?

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