Security agencies on Thursday morning foiled an attempt by an alleged activist of a banned militant organisation to explode a remote control bomb near the sessions court. Police arrested Zahid, 35, while planting the bomb at around 7:30am and seized sixty yards of wire, electric gadgets and two hand grenades from him. Zahid of Rawalpindi obtained terrorism training from Afghanistan, District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan told reporters. The DPO said that police had also recovered terrorist literature from Zahid showing other cities and important personalities on the hit list of the banned outfit. He said that police was fearing bomb blasts during Ramadan and the security had been beefed up, enabling them to arrest the terrorist. |