KARACHI: Two suspected militants believed to be linked with the banned Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) and involved in recent explosion in Saddar, were shot down in proposed meeting on Wednesday, police said.
Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) official Mazhar Mashwani told Dawn that the police and intelligence agencies out joint raid on Mauripur Road, where 28-year-old Allah Dino and 26-year-old Nawab Ali were killed. in a gun battle.
He said the suspects killed had direct connections. with in head of banned by SRA, Asghar Shah.
They were involved in recent improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in in busy commercial area of Saddar, he said.
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official said CTD received information about their hideouts and raided in Mauripur area where they were killed during the exchange of shooting.
He does not divulge details and added acting inspector general of Kamran Fazal police can share further information with in media at a press conference on Thursday (today)
body of two suspects were taken to Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital in Karachi. for a post-autopsy.
Mashvani told media there that CTD and intelligence agencies worked together to search for criminals of recent explosions. He said that their third accomplice succeeded escape.
He claimed that explosives, remote controls, detonators and two TT pistols were seized from their hideout.
To the question about role of murdered suspects in explosion in Saddar, CTD official stated that they had “good reasons” to believe they were involved in case.
“Fake Meeting”
However, Jaya Sind Qaumi Party (JSQP) Chairman Nawaz Khan Zaur in the statement called the meeting with Mauripur a “fake”.
“Allah Dino, nicknamed A. D. Rahimun, was not a terrorist, but the main financial secretary of JSQP,” he said, adding that he is a resident of Chkhachro and work in Hyderabad.
“He was chosen up a few days ago and killed in fake meeting,” he said.
“AD was not bound with any prohibited outfit. Previously, he took part in demonstrations against enforced disappearances,” he said, adding that the protest against in killing on Thursday.
Published in Dawn, May 19, 2022
