Detail Of Terrorism Update

Daily Times reports that an encounter between Police and gangsters left 10 more persons dead, including a Station House Officer (SHO) and a constable, in Lyari in Karachi city on April 28, as gangsters used rockets and hand grenades against Police and the public. Civil Lines SHO, Fawad Khan and Constable, Malik Tassawur was among those who fell victim to the violence on the second consecutive day of an operation against gangsters in Lyari. The injured Policemen were identified as ASI Iftikhar Ahmed, Head Constable Intazar Ali Shah and Muhammad Aslam were injured in the attack. Following the attack, Police and the Frontier Constabulary (FCB) intensified their operation in the area and killed Mullah Sohail Baloch, the brother of notorious gangster Mullah Nisar, in Nawa Lane, Kalakot. Following the attack, SFs intensified their operation in the area and killed Mullah Sohail Baloch, the brother of notorious gangster Mullah Nisar in Nawa Lane area of Kalakot.

Separately, a Police personal was killed and three others, including SHO Malir City, were injured in an encounter in Salar Goth near Akbar Hotel within the confines of Malir City Police Station The injured Police personal was identified as, SHO Malir City Ishaq Lashari, Constable Pervez Iqbal, Khan Mohammad and armored personnel carrier (APC) driver Sabir.

Following the encounter, Police succeeded in arresting two gangsters, Mohsin Baloch and Abid Ali alias Kalu. Police recovered a Kalashnikov rifle from their possessions, however, their six accomplices managed to flee.

In addition, ongoing violence claimed life of three persons identified as, Luqman Hameed, Shakeel, Akhtar Baloch and Wahid Baloch, in different areas of Kalakot and Chakiwara.

Further, a man identified as, Akhtar (26), was also killed during the violence near Lyari General Hospital in the limits of Chakiwara Police Station.

Elsewhere, one Muhammad Azam (25) was killed near Cheel Chowk in the limits of Kalakot Police Station.

Also, Yasin, a vendor, was shot dead in Nayabad in the confines of Kalri Police Station.

Police sources said that at least a dozen rockets were fired in different areas of Lyari on Saturday, adding that gangsters were also targeting noncombatants in the surrounding areas to divert the attention of law enforcers.

The Sentinel reports that Security Forces (SFs) on April 28 arrested four militants belonging to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) from the Garchuk area in Guwahati city. GNLA cadres were identified as DS Sangma (55), SSG Momin (35), Salgra G Momin (21) and Alichum Sangtam (26).  One AK-56 rifle, one HK rifle, live ammunitions and incriminating documents were recovered from the militants’ possession.

Deccan Chronicle reports that a three-member Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) group led by CPI (Maoist) ‘South Bastar Regional Committee secretary’ Ramana, alias Ravulu Srinivas, reportedly held talks with their two interlocutors in Tadmetla forest, in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada District, on April 28 night to decide the fate of Sukma District collector Alex Paul Menon, in Naxal captivity. Alex Paul Menon is in CPI-Maoist custody since April 21.

The Telegraph reports that Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) on April 28 announced a series of bandhs in the Garo hills to protest against deployment of Security Forces (SFs) for counter insurgency operations. GNLA has announced a 144-hour bandh (General Strike) from 6am of Monday (April 30) to 6am of May 5 in the three Garo hills Districts.

Further, GNLA also announced another 300-hour bandh from May 7 if the Government still did not respond to its demand. GNLA ‘political secretary’ Bikdot Nikjang Marak said the fresh announcement of the 300-hour bandh in Garo hills was because of the adamant stand of the State Government.

Meanwhile, several church bodies in the Garo hills region have expressed concern over the string of bandhs called by the GNLA and asked the outfit to desist from this form of agitation. They also urged the Government to call the GNLA for talks.

Separately, State Police announced a cash reward of INR one million for information on “commander-in-chief” of GNLA, Sohan D. Shira. Police also released a list offering cash rewards from INR 50,000 to INR one million “for information on the presence or movement of GNLA militants” as part of their effort to end the terror unleashed by the outfit’s cadres in the three districts of Garo hills and adjoining areas. Other GNLA leaders in the list include “deputy commander-in-chief” Rupanto R. Marak, former Police constable Savio R. Marak who operates in Hahim/Aradonga region and Baichung Ch. Momin who looks after the GNLA’s activities in Chokpot.