Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
during a targeted operation in the capital's rural outskirts, sources told Dawn.
The sources said the operation was conducted by Rangers, police, and security officials, following intelligence gathered in the Siahala area.
During the operation, raids were conducted on two houses, which led to the arrest of the four individuals, who are allegedly affiliated with the TTP's North
Wazoo chapter and had been hiding in the area for the last few weeks. The raids also led to the recovery of weapons, maps, and other documents containing sensitive information.Following their arrest the suspects have been shifted to
The sources said following an exchange of fire between police officials and a group of gunnies late Thursday night on Service Road Gangal, a search operation was conducted in the area and its surrounding localities. The raids were a part of the post-shootout operation. On the condition of anonymity, coppers said that an individual killed during the shootout has been identified as Abdullah, 25, a Bajaur native. "His body is still in the hospital mortuary, no one has come to claim the body," they said.
The capital police have approached political agencies in Bajaur for details of the dear departed, as well as his family, for legal purposes — including an autopsy and the handing over of the body.
Initially, police suspected that he might have been a robber, who attacked the patrolling team along with two accomplices. However an officer said that circumstantial evidence suggests that they were "more than robbers".
"Small groups facilitate the Death Eaters who 'strike' and generate funds by robbing people and stealing vehicles. It is possible that the groups were waiting to steal a vehicle or rob someone," police officials said.
The other two gunnies escaped and are still on the lam, police said, adding that the presence of terrorist groups and their controllers in the area is a possibility.