The interim investigation report, submitted by the area’s SHO to the Anti-Terrorism Court-II, stated that a group of terrorists led by Dr Muhammad Arshad, who has links with the Taliban in Waziristan, were involved in the murder of four military intelligence officials and a civilian aide on November 12 last year in Pir Chambal hills near Jhelum.
The victims — Major Afaq Ahmed, Hawaldars Mazhar Abbas, Naik Faiz Muhammad, Lance Naik Waqas Ahmed and civilian Afsar — were said to be on a mission to gather information on militant hideouts in Pir Chambal’s mountains.
According to the report, the group was using the shrine as a training ground. It also stated that the gang was involved in terrorist attacks on an Imambargah (shrine) in Chakwal and a worship place in Mandi Bahauddin.
The investigators stated that two men, M Ijaz (alias Daud) and Waheed Ahmed, are under arrest for their involvement in the case, while Waqas Ilyas and Dilshad Khan have been released since the police found no evidence against them. The police arrested Ijaz and Ahmed after being identified by eyewitnesses in February, the report said.
Dr Arshad and Naeem Khan, residents of Mandi Bahauddin, and Hajii Mehmood from Jehlum, are yet to be arrested, it added.
According to the FIR registered on the complaint of Hawaldar Ahmed Khan, a five-member team led by Major Asfaq was ambushed by the terrorist group. Only the complainant managed to escape unharmed and hid in the nearby forest.
A combined operation by the army and the area police was carried out in the area, in which suicide vests, various explosive materials and documents identifying some of the terrorists were found.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2012.
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