Briefing on banned outfit ASP at meeting chaired by Sindh Rangers DG
Security officials briefed over Ansar-ul-Sharia involved in terror attack on Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Sindh Rangers DG Major General Muhammad Saeed chaired a high-level meeting of security officials in Karachi on Tuesday where the attendees were briefed about banned terror outfit Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan (ASP), the same organisation behind assassination attempt of MQM-P leader Khawaja Izhar ul Hassan.
After the repeated terrorist attacks in the provincial capital by ‘educated’ terrorists, security officials including Sindh Rangers DG, CTD and intelligence agencies’ officers. They inspected the incidents revolving around terrorist attack on Khawaja Izhar ul Hassan.
It was told that three terrorists were involved in the attack in which an alleged terrorist named Hassan Dawood was shot injured by police and killed when locals assaulted him. He was a lab data technician at an engineering university after graduating from NED University of Engineering and Technology.
It was further briefed that the gun used in assassination attempt had previously been used in terrorist attacks on police in SITE area, Azizabad and Bahadurabad, as well as in killing of volunteers and security guards outside FBR office in Gulistan-e-Johar. It was revealed that raid on Abdul Karim Sarosh and seizure of laptops and literature proved that he is a member of ASP.
Talking about the matter, briefing suggested that the whole group was totally exposed and further action through raids will take place in areas of Balochistan and Sindh.
Sources revealed that the mastermind behind terrorist attack on Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan escaped owing to negligence of police officials who didn’t consider the alert issued by intelligence agencies. Inexperienced policemen were sent to arrest the mastermind, sources added.
Constable Aijaz and Khalid entered Sarosh’s house and he opened fire using 9mm pistol which helped in his escape. The same 9mm pistol was used in assassination attempt of the Sindh Assembly Opposition Leader.
