CTD claims to have arrested nine terrorists

The police have registered 5 cases against the arrested alleged terrorists and shifted them to an unknown location

LAHORE:

Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested nine alleged terrorists of banned outfits during operations.

A spokesman for the CTD said intelligence based operations were conducted in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 23 suspected persons were interrogated and nine alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials.

The arrested terrorists include Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan members Muhammad Tayyab, Sher Muhammad and Tahir Mehmood, Lashkar Jhangvi members including Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Nazir Ahmed, Muhammad Fahad, Muhammad Ashd, Muhammad Usman and Rehan, he added.

The police have registered 5 cases against the arrested alleged terrorists in Sargodha, Rawalpindi and Gujranula and shifted them to an unknown location, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 1^st, 2023.