KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have apprehended two militants associated with the proscribed outfit Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA).
According to sources, Mumtaz Soomro, one of the militants, was arrested outside a foreign restaurant on Karachi’s Tariq Road. The suspect wanted to target the restaurant owner’s car as explosives planted on a motorcycle and remote control were recovered following information provided by him, sources added.
Sources said the CTD later arrested suspect Javed Mangrio on information disclosed by Soomro. He revealed a hand grenade and explosive material were recovered from Mangrio, who he said, is SRA’s Karachi commander.
During interrogation, both suspects made startling revelations, sources said. They supplied arms to the BLA terrorists behind the PSX attack. Four Kalashnikovs and bullets were provided on the order of Commander Sajjad, sources disclosed.
In addition to that, sources said the suspects were involved in multiple attacks, including on the Rangers personnel, a Jamaat-e-Islami rally in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal, and PTI leader Haleem Adil Shaikh’s train march.
The SRA was being supported by Afghanistan. SRA ringleader Asghar Shah is in Afghanistan and has contracts with the country’s spy agency. Mumtaz Soomro also got training in Afghanistan.
