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KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police claimed to have apprehended a most wanted terrorist named in ‘Red Book’ during a joint raid in Karachi on Tuesday.

According to CTD spokesperson, two most wanted terrorist named in the government’s Red Book, Zakir Raza alias Nadeem, has been apprehended during a joint targeted raid of CTD.

“The arrested terrorists are close aides of another terrorist, Abbas Raza, who had received weapons training from a neighboring country,” the CTD spokesperson added.

Zakir Raza alias Nadeem revealed that he had also received automatic weapons and tactical training from a neighboring country following the advice of Abbas Raza, who is also named as a most-wanted terrorist in Red Book.

The spokesperson said that the arrested terrorist used to brainwash and motivate people in Karachi and Punjab province for carrying out religious, sectarian terrorism besides facilitating members of the banned outfit in its activities. He added that the weapon recovered from his possession is being inspected.

Earlier, a trained terrorist of an outlawed organization, Abbas Jafri, had been apprehended during a joint raid of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and a sensitive institution in Karachi on January 27.

Abbas Jafri was a close aide of another most-wanted terrorist Yawar Abbas, whereas, his name was also included in the government’s ‘Red Book’.

The raiding team had also confiscated weapons from his possession. Abbas Jafri was allegedly involved in completing rekey for terrorists to carry out different activities in Karachi.