Officials said on Monday that security forces had seized a suicide jacket and bomb-making material from the house of one of the suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.Intelligence agents raided the house of Sher Zaman, the alleged handler of 15-year-old Aitezaz Shah, and found the jacket, a switch-lever, detonators and 500 grams of explosives, a security official said, requesting anonymity. “The matter is being investigated at a very high level,” a local police official, requesting anonymity, told AFP. The raid was conducted in Dera Ismail Khan, where both suspects had been detained.
Shifted to Islamabad: Separately, APP quoted ARY One World as saying that the two suspects had been shifted to Islamabad for further investigation. The channel reported that more arrests are expected in the light of initial investigation and efforts are being made to trace the contacts of suspects with Baitullah Mehsud. It also said that the suspects were not directly involved in the Karsaz incident in Karachi, but had abetted in the crime.
Meanwhile, investigators probing into BenazirÂ’s assassination have sought custody of the three suspects. Punjab police AIG Abdul Majeed told Daily Times that he hoped to question them soon but had not received custody from the arresting intelligence agency yet. Sources in the investigation team have revealed that they have contacted a representative of the intelligence agency for permission to grill the three suspects.