A police party, here on Thursday, arrested five terrorists; recovering bombs, hand grenades, explosives and weapons
from their possession.
Acting on an intelligence tip-off, police launched a crackdown in Jaggan area of Shi
karpur district. Two terrorists, Abdul Shakoor and Abdul Hakeem Banglani, were apprehended, during the operation, with
two pressure-cooker bom
bs, 35 hand grenades, 20 kilogrammes of explosives and weapons.
The detainees also led the police to three more accomplices. During the preliminary investigation, the nabbed men have admitted to raising funds
from Afghanistan for terrorist activities. They also revealed having 10 trained terrorists in the network while addin
g that its operations had somewhat been affected after the killing of its chief.
Published in Daily Times, March 22nd 2019.