Peshawar police arrest masterminds of Nishtarabad, Lahori gate blasts

Remote control bombs, rocket launchers and explosives from their possession along with a hostage.

PESHAWAR: Peshawar CCPO Imtiaz Altaf has claimed that perpetrators of the Nishtarabad and Lahori gate blasts have been traced.

Talking at a press conference, Imtiaz Altaf said that the militants had received a Rs1million to carry out explosions in Lahori Gate and Nishtarabad.

He further said, the police had been able to recover 11 kilograms of explosives, a remote control bomb and rocket launchers from Matni and Budhber in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He said, a two and a half year old child, who had been abducted for ransom, had also been recovered from the criminals.

The arrested criminals reportedly belong to the tribal regions.