Three suspected terrorists of Ansar-al-Sharia arrested in separate raids

Dunya News

The raids were conducted in Quetta, Pashin and Multan.

QUETTA / MULTAN (Dunya News) - Security forces while conducting a search operation in Quetta and Pashin have arrested two more members of banned outfit Ansar-al-Sharia, said to be the mastermind behind brainwashing the operatives.

According to details, Professor Mushtaq from Karachi University was detained in Quetta whereas Mufti Habib was apprehended from Pashin.

Meanwhile, intelligence agencies raided Multan areas and arrested Talha Ansari, an alleged fugitive terrorist of Ansar-al-Sharia.

Ansari is a close aide of Abdul Karim Sarosh Siddiqui, a central commander of the outfit and a dangerous militant suspected as the mastermind of the attack on Izharul Hassan.

Siddiqui’s father has said in his statement that he was unaware of his son’s activities however; Siddiqui’s suspicious movements landed him in doubt.


Ansar-al-Sharia head’s revelations


On Wednesday, Ansar-al-Sharia’s head Doctor Abdullah Hashmi made some shocking revelation and admitted that they started target killing of police to prove a point.

Hashmi let it be known that Ansar-al-Sharia consists of highly educated boys of institutions like University of Karachi, NED University of Engineering and Technology, and Dawood University of Engineering and Technology.

Dr Abdullah also confessed that his group has been trained in Afghanistan. The suspect identified as Hassaan who got killed while attempting Khawaja Izharul Hassan’s assassination was 27 years old, he said. Hassaan aka Waleed was a teacher at Dawood University and his salary was Rs45000, he added.

Abdullah Hashmi further told that Hassaan used to give half of his money to the outfit, and half to his family.

On the other hand, security agencies have revealed that Siddiqui used armed piercing bullets in attack on Khawaja Izahrul Hassan which can tear the armored sheets.

According to the agencies, well-educated youth of Karachi laid the foundation of Ansar-al-Sharia two years back with the motive to acquire fame while targeting security agencies and significant personalities.


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