ISLAMA: The Islamabad Police, in collaboration with intelligence agencies, took into custody two terrorists in two raids in the early hours of Friday and recovered a suicide jacket with arms and ammunition from their possession, sources in secret agencies said.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bani-Amin Khan, when contacted confirmed the report and termed the arrests a great achievement of the Islamabad Police.
Police commandoes and personnel of law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the wee hours of Friday conducted a raid on a hotel in Aabpara as well as a house in Sector G-6/1-1 and nabbed a terrorist, five other suspects, who wanted to hit at a big religious gathering in the capital on the occasion of Juma-tul-Wida.
Acting on a tip-off about the presence of a terrorist at Anwar Hotel in Aabpara, police conducted a raid there and arrested a man identified as ‘Qari'. Police teams conducted a raid on the house in the wee hours of Friday and arrested five suspects from there.
During preliminary investigation from the nabbed men, it was revealed that Sardar Ali Khan Khattak had been working as a ‘naib qasid' in the Ministry of Finance and at present availing a two-year leave, sources said.
Police also recovered a suicide jacket, a hand-grenade, two pistols, bullets and foreign currency from the house. Further investigation is underway.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bani-Amin Khan, when contacted confirmed the report and termed the arrests a great achievement of the Islamabad Police.
Police commandoes and personnel of law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the wee hours of Friday conducted a raid on a hotel in Aabpara as well as a house in Sector G-6/1-1 and nabbed a terrorist, five other suspects, who wanted to hit at a big religious gathering in the capital on the occasion of Juma-tul-Wida.
Acting on a tip-off about the presence of a terrorist at Anwar Hotel in Aabpara, police conducted a raid there and arrested a man identified as ‘Qari'. Police teams conducted a raid on the house in the wee hours of Friday and arrested five suspects from there.
During preliminary investigation from the nabbed men, it was revealed that Sardar Ali Khan Khattak had been working as a ‘naib qasid' in the Ministry of Finance and at present availing a two-year leave, sources said.
Police also recovered a suicide jacket, a hand-grenade, two pistols, bullets and foreign currency from the house. Further investigation is underway.