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India-Pakistan
Police arrest key LeJ activist linked to sectarian, target killings
2012-10-18
[Dawn] Pak police on Wednesday said they had incarcerated
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a key leader of banned religious outfit the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
(LeJ), which has been linked to several incidents of sectarian violence in the country.

Hafiz Qasim Rasheed, the 'Amir', or chief, of the bad turban group LeJ's Sindh chapter was incarcerated
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from Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
on Wednesday with a cache of guns and grenades recovered from him, police said.

Additional IG CID Ghulam Shabbir Sheikh told DawnNews that Rasheed was wanted for his suspected involvement in 33 cases of targeted and sectarian killings,including those of lawyers, coppers and political workers.

In 2001, the provincial government of Sindh had placed a bounty of Rs 500,000 on the suspect, while his name was also on the list of most wanted criminals.

Qasim Rasheed alias Ganja, was incarcerated
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after the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the police received an anonymous tip-off. Hand grenades, pistols and Kalashnikovs were recovered from the suspect.

The suspect has been incarcerated
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by the police in the past more than once, including an arrest in 2005 for his involvement in a failed attempt
Curses! Foiled again!
at a rocket attack on Bloody Karachi's Civil Lines cop shoppe. During interrogation following his 2005 arrest, police said the suspect had also disclosed his plans to target SP CID Fayyaz Khan.
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