Six terror suspects arrested in Punjab

CTD conducts 39 IBOs across province, interrogates 40 suspects

LAHORE:

The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested six terror suspects linked to banned outfits during operations across Punjab on Saturday.

According to the spokesman, CTD Punjab conducted 39 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different districts across the province to deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 40 suspects were interrogated and 6 terror suspects were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials.

The arrested suspects were identified as Shoaib Rafiq, a member of the banned organization Hizb-e-Tahrir; Muhammad Baqir Mehndi, a member of Sepah Muhammad Pakistan; two members of the Baloch Liberation Army, identified as Zahir Shah and Muhammad Shahzad; Muhammad Afzal, a member of Jamaat-ul-Harar and Asif, a member of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the spokesman said.

The spokesman said 415 grams of explosive material, a hand grenade, an IED, six detonators, safety fuse wire, four prohibited books, 31 pamphlets, nine stickers, two flags and a receipt book had been seized.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 4^th, 2023.