Truck used in Karachi Rangers HQ attack was operating on open letter
Police arrests half a dozen suspects for investigation, obtains CCTV footage.
KARACHI:
The investigation of the attack on Rangers Headquarters located in Block B of North Nazimabad, Karachi, revealed on Friday that the truck used was operating on an open letter, Express News reported.
The police arrested half a dozen suspects for investigation.
The team investigating the terror bid obtained the record of ownership of the truck and found that the truck was leased out with the help of a local bank in 2005.
After that, it was sold and bought by several people. The investigative team has rounded up six people who had the ownership of that truck.
However, the team revealed that there was no report lodged regarding the truck being stolen.
Express News quoted sources as saying that Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was involved in the attack, who has been hiding in Karachi for the past one year.
The police also obtained CCTV footage of the truck, in which it is seen crashing into the Rangers Headquarters.
Compensation
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah announced Rs2 million in compensation for families of those killed in an attack on Rangers in the North Nazimabad area of Karachi, reported Express News.
On Thursday, at least three Rangers were killed and 13 more were wounded when a suicide attacker rammed a mini-truck laden with 150kg of explosives into one of the entrances of a residential complex housing the personnel of Pakistan Rangers’ Sacchal wing.
The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Naeem Bukhari group were stated to be involved in the attack on CID head office that claimed seven lives and wounded several others.
The investigation of the attack on Rangers Headquarters located in Block B of North Nazimabad, Karachi, revealed on Friday that the truck used was operating on an open letter, Express News reported.
The police arrested half a dozen suspects for investigation.
The team investigating the terror bid obtained the record of ownership of the truck and found that the truck was leased out with the help of a local bank in 2005.
After that, it was sold and bought by several people. The investigative team has rounded up six people who had the ownership of that truck.
However, the team revealed that there was no report lodged regarding the truck being stolen.
Express News quoted sources as saying that Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was involved in the attack, who has been hiding in Karachi for the past one year.
The police also obtained CCTV footage of the truck, in which it is seen crashing into the Rangers Headquarters.
Compensation
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah announced Rs2 million in compensation for families of those killed in an attack on Rangers in the North Nazimabad area of Karachi, reported Express News.
On Thursday, at least three Rangers were killed and 13 more were wounded when a suicide attacker rammed a mini-truck laden with 150kg of explosives into one of the entrances of a residential complex housing the personnel of Pakistan Rangers’ Sacchal wing.
The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Naeem Bukhari group were stated to be involved in the attack on CID head office that claimed seven lives and wounded several others.