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Five LeJ suspects held in Muridke
 Law enforcement agencies have arrested five members of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who were planning to kidnap members of an influential political family, intelligence sources told Daily Times on Wednesday. Hafiz Yaseen, Tanvir, Razzaq, Naveed and Pervaiz were arrested on Tuesday in the Muridke area of Sheikhupura district, the sources said. The five men had been following and observing members of an influential family for some time. They would follow their cars from Gujrat in their own Toyota Corolla without a number plate. They had been under watch by the intelligence agencies, the sources added. They were arrested on Tuesday in possession of five AK47s. They have been taken to an undisclosed location for further interrogation, the sources said.
"Your Number 7 truncheon, sir! And your moustachio wax!"
"Thank you, Mahmoud! You may bring in the prisoners!" |
SSP (Operations) Amir Zulfiqar Khan denied any knowledge of the arrests.
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The sources said that the arrests come amid heightened activity by members of Lashkar and other banned militant outfits in recent weeks. They said the intelligence agencies might scrutinise and revise the record of banned outfitsÂ’ activists. They said many of them were free as there was no solid proof against them. They added that most of them were active under fake names. According to rough estimates by law enforcement agencies, over 50 LJ activists have been arrested in the last several months from all over the Punjab.
Posted by: Fred 2006-01-26 |
