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10 held in drive against militant outfits in Punjab
T he Punjab government has arrested 10 people from Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Lahore in the past 24 hours during a crackdown against militant outfits, official sources told Daily Times on Saturday. Sources said the crackdown was launched after the media reported that some London bombing suspects had stayed at various seminaries to forge links with militant outfits. Reportedly, four men were arrested from Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Kamalia. Two were identified as Nazir and Shahzad. Four men were also arrested from Lahore but three were later set free. âTwo Jaish-e-Muhammad activists were arrested from Gujranwala on Saturday and are being interrogated,â said sources, adding that another major operation was expected on Sunday. Daily Times also learnt that a team of three British and two Pakistani agencies visited Jamia Manzoorul Islamia on Saturday morning. Sources said the agencies met the seminaryâs administrator Asadullah Farooq and some students. âThe seminaryâs gates were closed while they were there, and no one was allowed to come out or go in,â said sources. Another team of the same agencies also visited Raiwind on Saturday afternoon and met tableeghi jamaat (Islamic preachers) leaders. âThey were searching for traces of Shehzad Tanweerâs presence here,â said sources. Posted by: Fred 2005-07-17 |
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