KARACHI: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in bomb attacks on Rangers.
According to officials, a CTD team conducted a raid in the Sacchal area of the metropolis and detained a man Ali aka Sunni, who was affiliated with a banned organization, Sindhudesh Liberation Army (SRA) terror unit.
The DIG of the CTD Omar Shahid Hamid said the man involved in attacks on Rangers check-posts and vehicles, adding that the accused was attacking the vehicles of law enforcement agencies with hand grenades on the directives of his handler, Ali Asghar Shah.
Omar Shahid further said that a weapon was also recovered from his possession during his arrest near Safora Roundabout.
In August last year, the Additional Inspector General Counter-Terrorism Department (AIG-CTD), Dr Jameel Ahmed, has claimed of finding clues of ‘nexus between Muttahida Qaumi Movement London (MQM-L) and Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA)’ during an ongoing investigation.
Dr Jameel Ahmed had informed that they were near to catch the terrorists involved in the attacks. He had revealed that the prime suspect and current leader of an outlawed outfit, Asghar Shah, had gone into hiding somewhere in Afghanistan.
He detailed that Asghar Shah had earlier visited India through the Rann of Kutch from Badin. Ahmed had claimed that the Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing, is financing terrorists associated with banned outfits including Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army and Balochistan Liberation Army, as well as giving them weaponry training in Afghanistan.
