's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday announced the arrest of a key suspected holy warrior involved in a series of assassinations in the city.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) CTD Aitzaz Goraya, along with the DIG Frontier Corps
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(FC), announced that Dr Abdur Raheem Mohammad Shahi, a lead commander of 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), was locked away
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during an operation conducted yesterday.
DIG Goraya in his statement to the media said, "The man is suspected of having a hand in the suicide kabooms and numerous murders that took place in Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...Town, Bolan Medical Complex, and the [provincial] IG's office."
A number of weapons were also recovered from the arrested terrorist, he said, adding that the man had a Rs2 million bounty on his head. The CTD official said that efforts are underway and more arrests will be made soon.
According to DIG Goraya, the key suspect’s group members Waliullah, Khalid and Aurangzeb were killed in a police encounter on July 30, 2013; while Shafiq, Siraj, Nadir and other accomplices were killed in an encounter with security forces on August 25, 2015.
The arrested suspect has not taken part in any terrorist activity since 2015 when his accomplices were killed, after which he went into hiding.
The police official said that the suspect has informed them about the turbans present in Larkana and Khuzdar. Police teams have been dispatched to those areas to unearth the holy warrior network, he added.
Regarding the recent rise in killings of Hazaras, Goraya said, "Security agencies are working with CTD to unearth the perpetrators behind the killings, for which we have very good and proper leads."
"We have procured the names of those who funded and supported these incidents. Raids are being conducted since last night and these individuals are near arrest, we are hopeful that we will be sharing the good news with you soon [of their arrest]."