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| Arrested Pakistanis are HuM members |
| 2005-07-19 |
| Police on a tip-off raided Tuesday morning Marora Goth in Sachal police station here and arrested three activists of a banned outfit besides recovering arms cache including bombs and explosives, while the six accused were reported to have escaped from their hideouts. The accused arrested have made some revealing statements. Police told that following a tip-off to DSP Fayyaz Ali Khan of CID civil lines, a police party raided a hideout near Shaheed Qayyum Magsi Chowk located in Marora Goth in the vicinity of Sachal police station, near Gulistan-e-Jauhar and arrested three accused Mohammad Shoaib, Shakilur Rahman and Sajjad son of Shafaat, while the six accused succeeded to sneak out of the net. Police say that 3 TT pistols, 3 hand grenades and over 2 kg explosives were recovered from the nabbed accused. DSP CID, Fayyaz Khan said that the accused belong to banned organization Tanzeem Harkatul Mujahideen, trained in sectarian terrorism and suspected to have links with Al Qaeda group’s Abu Dojana, however, it was yet to be investigated and confirmed. Meanwhile, a foreign news agency reports the Punjab police chief as saying that officials were trying to find out whether the "London bombings have any tentacles in Pakistan." "We are holding some militants", said Lahore Police Chief Tariq Saleem to the news agency which adds; that he did not name the suspects or say how many were detained. Yet, another report says that at least six persons have been captured during a crackdown launched by Police in Punjab against banned extremists organisations. The Lahore police arrested two criminals when it raided a private hostel in Mazang area identified as Aftab and Hafiz Ishaq. The police believe them having possible links with the outlawed outfits. Art-of-the-state weapons and objectionable material was recovered from their custody, police said. At the same time, Khushab police is said to have nabbed at least four extremists belonging to the banned organisations. They were identified as Bashir Ahmed, Hafiz Ismail, Malik Abdul Sattar and Mohammad Nisar, who are not in police custody. And in London, more than two dozen representatives of the Muslim community, met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday morning. The community members discussed anti-terror legislation the government plans to introduce by the end of the year, saying they fear the laws may unfairly targeted their community. Dr. Zaki Badawi, head of the Muslim College said; "We need a partnership between government and Muslims to tell people, they are not being ignored and that their concerns will be heard." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |