The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh Police on September 20 claimed to have arrested five suspected militants in separate incidents who belonged to the Islamic State group, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), reports Dawn.In the first raid, the CTD arrested three suspects — Hafiz Imran Khan, Zahid Khan and Asmatullah — in Orangi Town, who provided financial assistance to militants and collected donations besides treating injured militants, said CTD Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Junaid Shaikh.The suspects were also involved in an attack on an Army convoy in Swat in 2016.The suspects belong to Islamic State group, TTP and BLA. The SSP claimed that the Police had reports that the militants could plan terrorist acts during Muharram in the city.
Separately, the CTD conducted a raid in a Korangi locality and arrested two militants — Rasheed Ahmed and Ghulam Dastgir — linked with the BLA.They were experts in making bombs and involved in carrying out bomb attacks on railway tracks, added the CTD official.“They allegedly carried out a bomb attack on a railway track in Ubauro, Ghotki in 2017,” said the CTD official.