Display of explosives recovered from the suspect. PHOTO: EXPRESS
A member of a Sindhi nationalist party was arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement in terrorist activities on Saturday.
The suspect, identified as Irfan Ali, was arrested during a raid conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on a tip-off at Mubarak Village, Mauripur.
A bag containing improvised explosive devices weighing around 15 kilogrammes was also found in his possession.
CTD Anti-Extremist Cell in-charge Ali Raza claimed that Ali, belonging to the Shafi Burfat group of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, had been involved in various bomb blasts, including an explosion near a shop in Zamzama in April 2014 and outside two mosques in Gulshan-e-Hadeed and Gulistan-e-Jauhar. No loss of life occurred in these blasts.
Raza added that the suspect was also wanted for various cases of heinous crime.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 14th, 2015.
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