Five terror suspects netted in Punjab
Director-General Counter Terrorism Finance Unit Imran Shahid says those secretly providing funds to banned outfits would face charges related to terror financing. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested five terror suspects linked with different banned outfits during operations across different areas of Punjab.
According to a CTD spokesman, the Department conducted 70 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 71 suspects were interrogated and five terror suspects were held with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials.
The arrested suspects were identified as Sharafat Ullah, Muhammad Yasin, Talha, Abdul Rahman and Muhammad Usaid, the spokesman said, adding that they belong to the banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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The suspects were detained in raids carried out in Mianwali, Jehlum, Okara and Hafizabad. The spokesman said that 1.7 kilogrammes of explosives, IED bombs, two detonators, 21 feet of protective fuse wire, a 30-bore pistol with 5 bullets, 2 books and 3 stickers of a banned organisation and Rs8,730 in cash have been recovered from the possession of the suspects.
The spokesman said the suspects had reportedly planned acts of sabotage across the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 4th 2024.