In collaboration with the intelligence agencies, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Tuesday arrested three high-profile suspects from the city during two separate encounters. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur said that upon a tip-off from the federal intelligence agency, two trained terrorists from Afghanistan were arrested. Weapons and other material were recovered from the possession of the suspects, the SSP added. The suspects, Nabi Gul and Mohammad Aqeel, confessed to target-killing of two Intelligence Bureau officers on Burns Road in the year 2008. The two suspects also confessed to carrying out dozens of crimes, including murders, across the city. Meanwhile, in another intelligence based operation another suspect of Lyari gang war identified as Shehzad alias Chottu was arrested. The suspect had several cases registered against him in different police stations of the city, said the police official, adding that police recovered illegally-possessed weapons and ammunition from him. Shehzad allegedly participated in the target-killings of rival Baba Ladla group members, upon the directives of faction leader Uzair Jan Baloch.
Two terrorists among three held by SIU in Karachi
In collaboration with the intelligence agencies, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Tuesday arrested three high-profile suspects from the city during two separate encounters. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur said that upon a tip-off from the federal intelligence agency, two trained terrorists from Afghanistan were arrested. Weapons and other material were recovered from the […]
